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close this bookCauses and Mechanisms of Linear Growth Retardation (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1993, 216 pages)
close this folderReversibility of stunting: Epidemiological findings in children from developing countries
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View the document1. Introduction
View the document2. The timing of stunting
View the document3. Age at menarche
View the document4. Continued residence in the environment that gave rise to stunting
View the document5. Continued residence in the same environment with improvements in nutrition
View the document6. Relocation from the environment that gave rise to stunting
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