Revisiting the relationship of weight and height in early childhood.

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Published in Adv Nutr on March 01, 2012

Authors

Stephanie A Richard1, Robert E Black, William Checkley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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