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SUBMITTER: Richard SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4204605 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20141101
Although genetics, maternal undernutrition and low birth weight status certainly play a role in child growth, dietary insufficiency and infectious diseases are key risk factors for linear growth faltering during early childhood. A primary goal of the Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) study is to identify specific risk factors associated with growth faltering during the first 2 years of lif ...[more]