Short stature in children of Karapotó ethnic background, São Sebastião, Alagoas, Brazil

• Main Authors: Samara Bomfim Gomes Campos (Author), Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes (Author), Maria Alice Araújo Oliveira (Author), Danielle Alice Vieira da Silva (Author), Giovana Longo-Silva (Author), Juliana Souza Oliveira (Author), Leiko Asakura (Author), Emília Chagas Costa (Author), Vanessa Sá Leal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To describe the prevalence of short stature among children of Karapotó ethnic background. Methods: Cross-sectional, population-based study that included children between 6 and 59 months of age from the Plak-Ô native village and the Terra Nova settlement, São Sebastião, Alagoa...