The timing of growth faltering has important implications for observational analyses of the underlying determinants of nutrition outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Headey, Derek ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH FALTERING; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85045979404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195904     Document Type: Article

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