The role of socioeconomic circumstances in differences in height of pre-school children within and between the Czech Republic and Southern Brazil

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 135-141

  De Lourdes Drachler, M ^a   Bobak M ^b   Rodrigues, L ^c   De Castro Aertz, D R G ^d   De Carvalho Leite, J C ^a   Danova J ^e   Kriz B ^e,f  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Information Unit   (Brazil)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brazil; Czech Republic; Height of children; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036906325     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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