The effect of birth interval on malnutrition in Bangladeshi infants and young children

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-300

  Mozumder, A B M Khorshed Alam ^a   Barkat E Khuda, ^a   Kane, Thomas T ^a   Levin, Ann ^a   Ahmed, Shameem ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; HEALTH; INFANT NUTRITION; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0343517156     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000002893     Document Type: Article

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