Open AccessHeight in healthy children in low- and middle-income countries: an assessment
Author(s) -
Mahesh Karra,
S. V. Subramanian,
Günther Fink
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.116.136705
Subject(s) - demography , low and middle income countries , sample (material) , medicine , population , sanitation , developing country , environmental health , geography , pediatrics , economic growth , economics , chemistry , chromatography , pathology , sociology
Despite rapid economic development and reductions in child mortality worldwide, continued high rates of early childhood stunting have put the global applicability of international child-height standards into question.
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