Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 12 , Pages 1643-1649 , December 2003

Prevalence of infant stunting in an urban Kenyan population: comparison to the 1998 Kenyan Health and Demographic Survey and the 2000 CDC growth grids

  • Andrea Hacker

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Osteoporosis Center, 2200 Post Street, Hellman Building C-409, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-415-885-3812; fax: +1-415-353-9635.
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  • Cass Ryan

      Affiliations

    • University of Kansas Medical Center, Center on Aging, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA

Received 28 January 2003 ,Revised 14 August 2003 ,Accepted 21 August 2003.

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PII: S0271-5317(03)00203-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2003.08.015

Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 12 , Pages 1643-1649 , December 2003

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