Determinants of linear growth from infancy to school-aged years: a population-based follow-up study in urban Amazonian children
Open Access
- 11 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 12 (1), 265
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-265
Abstract
Although linear growth during childhood may be affected by early-life exposures, few studies have examined whether the effects of these exposures linger on during school age, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.Keywords
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