Early Human Development
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 389-398 , June 2008

Maternal reports of sleep in 6–18 month-old infants from Nepal and Zanzibar: Association with iron deficiency anemia and stunting

  • Katarzyna Kordas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Environmental Health Department, OHP, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Landmark Center, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
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  • Emily H. Siegel

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Deanna K. Olney

      Affiliations

    • Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, United States
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  • Joanne Katz

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • James M. Tielsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Hababu M. Chwaya

      Affiliations

    • UNICEF, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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  • Patricia K. Kariger

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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  • Steven C. LeClerq

      Affiliations

    • Nepal Nutrition Project-Sarlahi, Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, Kathmandu, Nepal
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  • Subarna K. Khatry

      Affiliations

    • Nepal Nutrition Project-Sarlahi, Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, Kathmandu, Nepal
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  • Rebecca J. Stoltzfus

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

Received 21 January 2007 ,Revised 9 October 2007 ,Accepted 15 October 2007.

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PII: S0378-3782(07)00215-0

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.10.007

Early Human Development
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 389-398 , June 2008

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