Prevalence and correlates of stunting among children in rural Pakistan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-53

  Shah, Syed M ^a,b,d   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^c   Luby, Stephen ^a   Merchant, Anwar ^a   Bano, Rashida ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b LNI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Sex bias; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0242516000     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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