Geographical Distribution of Growth Disorders in Iranian Child-ren and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-IV Study

• Main Authors: Silva HOVSEPIAN (Author), Masoumeh RASHIDI (Author), Mostafa QORBANI (Author), Gita SHAFIEE (Author), Mohammad Esmaeil MOTLAGH (Author), Mehdi EBRAHIMI (Author), Gelayol ARDALAN (Author), Roya KELISHADI (Author), Ramin HESHMAT (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Iran is a vast country with great variability in ethnicity and geographical regions as well as higher diversity in socioeconomic and demographic factors in different provinces. All these differences could influence the growth indicators of children and may result in a substantial inequal...