Zachary Butzin-Dozier, Andrew N Mertens, Sophia T Tan, Douglas A Granger, Helen O Pitchik, Dora Il'yasova, Fahmida Tofail, Md Ziaur Rahman, Ivan Spasojevic, Idan Shalev, Shahjahan Ali, Mohammed Rabiul Karim, Sunny Shahriar, Syeda Luthfa Famida, Gabrielle Shuman, Abul K Shoab, Salma Akther, Md Saheen Hossen, Palash Mutsuddi, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Kishor K Das, Liying Yan, Ann Meyer, Christine P Stewart, Alan E Hubbard, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Kausar Parvin, Md Mahfuz Al Mamun, Stephen P Luby, John M Colford, Lia C H Fernald, Audrie Lin
BACKGROUND: Hundreds of millions of children in low- and middle-income countries are exposed to chronic stressors, such as poverty, poor sanitation and hygiene, and sub-optimal nutrition. These stressors can have physiological consequences for children and may ultimately have detrimental effects on child development. This study explores associations between biological measures of chronic stress in early life and developmental outcomes in a large cohort of young children living in rural Bangladesh...
March 11, 2024: Psychoneuroendocrinology