Exploring the intergenerational effects of undernutrition: Association of maternal height with neonatal, infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Khatun, Wajiha ^a   Alam, Ashraful ^a   Rasheed, Sabrina ^b   Huda, Tanvir M ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 85061827088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000881     Document Type: Article

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