Maternal Characteristics Determine Stunting in Children of Less than Five Years of Age Results from a National Probabilistic Survey

Background: Maternal nutrition and some variables are the main determining factors of birthweight and delayed intrauterine growth of children.Objective: To explore the association between the mothers’ biological and sociodemographic characteristics, and the anthropometry status in children under fi...

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Main Authors: Teresa Shamah-Levy, Lucia Cuevas Nasu, Hortensia Moreno-Macias, Eric Monterrubio-Flores, Marco Antonio Avila-Arcos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine: Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://www.la-press.com/maternal-characteristics-determine-stunting-in-children-of-less-t-a1059