Undernutrition in Benin - An analysis based on graphical models

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1677-1691

  Caputo, Angelika ^a   Foraita, Ronja ^b   Klasen, Stephan ^c   Pigeot, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benin; Conditional independence; Developing countries; Graphical chain models; Indirect influences; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BENIN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BENIN;

EID: 0037375076     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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