Effect of economic reforms on child growth in urban and rural areas of China

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 400-406

  Shen, Tiefu ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^b   Chang, Ying ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030057152     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199608083350606     Document Type: Article

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