Timing of the Infancy-Childhood Growth Transition in Rural Gambia

Timing of the Infancy-Childhood Growth Transition in Rural Gambia

The Karlberg model of human growth describes the infancy, childhood, and puberty (ICP) stages as continuous and overlapping, and defined by transitions driven by sequential additional effects of several endocrine factors that shape the growth trajectory and resultant adult size. Previous research ha...

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Main Authors: Robin M. Bernstein, G. Kesler O'Connor, Eric A. Vance, Nabeel Affara, Saikou Drammeh, David B. Dunger, Abdoulie Faal, Ken K. Ong, Fatou Sosseh, Andrew M. Prentice, Sophie E. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
infancy
childhood
growth
infancy-childhood transition
hormonal growth regulation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00142/full

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