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Growth of Adolescents in Mali (West Africa)
*Institut Santé et Développement 1521, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
**Ecole Nationale de Médecine et de Pharmacie du Mali Bamako, Mali
Dr Alain Fisch
This report describes the growth curve during adolescence in the rural area of Mali (West Africa). The authors measured the height, weight, and arm circumference in a sample of 1255 subjects over 14 years and below 20 years of age during a 2-year cross-sectional study (19841985). The comparison of the trend of these criteria with French data suggests that Malian adolescents present a different growth curve to those observed in industrialized countries.