Associations of suboptimal growth with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in children under five years: a pooled analysis of ten prospective studies.

Associations of suboptimal growth with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in children under five years: a pooled analysis of ten prospective studies.

<h4>Background</h4>Child undernutrition affects millions of children globally. We investigated associations between suboptimal growth and mortality by pooling large studies.<h4>Methods</h4>Pooled analysis involving children 1 week to 59 months old in 10 prospective studies in...

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Main Authors: Ibironke Olofin, Christine M McDonald, Majid Ezzati, Seth Flaxman, Robert E Black, Wafaie W Fawzi, Laura E Caulfield, Goodarz Danaei, Nutrition Impact Model Study (anthropometry cohort pooling)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23734210/pdf/?tool=EBI

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