Greater male vulnerability to stunting? Evaluating sex differences in growth, pathways and biocultural mechanisms
Context Child stunting has increasingly become the focus of large-scale global health efforts with the inclusion of stunting eradication as one of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Child sex has been identified as a biological risk factor for stunting, and sex-specific approac...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2021-08-01
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Series: | Annals of Human Biology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2021.1998622 |