Scaling-up access to family planning may improve linear growth and child development in low and middle income countries.

Scaling-up access to family planning may improve linear growth and child development in low and middle income countries.

A large literature has indicated a robust association between birth spacing and child survival, but evidence on the association of birth timing with physical growth in low and middle income countries (LMICs) remains limited.Data from 153 cross-sectional Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) across 61...

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Main Authors:	Günther Fink, Christopher R Sudfeld, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Wafaie W Fawzi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4096753?pdf=render

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