Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years: A Pooled Analysis of Ten Prospective Studies
PLoS ONEPublished 29 May 2013Open access
Ibironke Olofin, Christine M. McDonald, Majid Ezzati, Seth Flaxman, Robert E. Black, Wafaie Fawzi
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All degrees of anthropometric deficits are associated with increased risk of under-five mortality using the 2006 WHO Standards, and even mild deficits substantially increase mortality, especially from infectious diseases.
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All degrees of anthropometric deficits are associated with increased risk of under-five mortality using the 2006 WHO Standards. Even mild deficits substantially increase mortality, especially from infectious diseases.
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