Stunting: The Need for Application of Advances in Technology to Understand a Complex Health Problem

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¹ Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.
² Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Global Health, and Technology (INSiGHT), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: smehta@cornell.edu.

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Samantha L Huey et al. EBioMedicine. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr:6:26-27.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.03.013. Epub 2016 Mar 12.

¹ Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.
² Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Global Health, and Technology (INSiGHT), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: smehta@cornell.edu.

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Child Stunting is Associated with Low Circulating Essential Amino Acids.
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