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SUBMITTER: George CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4458812 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
George Christine Marie CM Oldja Lauren L Biswas Shwapon S Perin Jamie J Lee Gwenyth O GO Kosek Margaret M Sack R Bradley RB Ahmed Shahnawaz S Haque Rashidul R Parvin Tahmina T Azmi Ishrat J IJ Bhuyian Sazzadul Islam SI Talukder Kaisar A KA Mohammad Shahnaij S Faruque Abu G AG
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150427 6
There is a growing body of literature indicating an association between stunting and environmental enteropathy (EE), a disorder thought to be caused by repeated exposures to enteric pathogens. To investigate the relationship between exposure to enteric pathogens through geophagy, consumption of soil, EE, and stunting, we conducted a prospective cohort study of 216 children under 5 years of age in rural Bangladesh. Geophagy was assessed at baseline using 5 hour structured observation and caregive ...[more]