Chronic energy deficiency in women from rural Bangladesh: Some socioeconomic determinants

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-358

  Ahmed, Syed Masud ^a   Adams, Alayne ^b   Chowdhury, A M R ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY--WOMEN; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CURRENTLY MARRIED--WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; MALNUTRITION--DETERMINANTS; MALNUTRITION--WOMEN; MARITAL STATUS; MEASUREMENT; NUPTIALITY; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POVERTY--WOMEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031824315     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932098003496     Document Type: Article

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