The relationship between wasting and stunting: A retrospective cohort analysis of longitudinal data in Gambian children from 1976 to 2016

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 498-507

  Schoenbuchner, Simon M ^a   Dolan, Carmel ^b   Mwangome, Martha ^c   Hall, Andrew ^d   Richard, Stephanie A ^e   Wells, Jonathan C ^f   Khara, Tanya ^b   Sonko, Bakary ^g   Prentice, Andrew M ^g   Moore, Sophie E ^g,h  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Emergency Nutrition Network   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boys; concurrently wasted and stunted; girls; growth monitoring data; seasonality; stunting; wasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SEASON;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85070849376     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy326     Document Type: Article

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