Factors associated with height catch-up and catch-down growth among schoolchildren.

In developed countries, children with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or born preterm (PT) tend to achieve catch-up growth. There is little information about height catch-up in developing countries and about height catch-down in both developed and developing countries. We studied the effect o...

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Main Authors: Rosângela F L Batista, Antônio A M Silva, Marco A Barbieri, Vanda M F Simões, Heloisa Bettiol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3299714?pdf=render