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Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993–2015)

BACKGROUND: The causes of early childhood linear growth faltering (known as stunting) in low-income and middle-income countries remain inadequately understood. We aimed to determine if the progressive postnatal decline in mean height-for-age Z score (HAZ) in low-income and middle-income countries is...

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Autores principales: Roth, Daniel E, Krishna, Aditi, Leung, Michael, Shi, Joy, Bassani, Diego G, Barros, Aluisio J D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29132614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30418-7