Geography and culture matter for malnutrition in Bolivia

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 373-389

  Morales, Rolando ^a   Aguilar, Ana María ^a   Calzadilla, Alvaro ^a  

^a Ciess Econometrica   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Child health; Child malnutrition; Height; SUR estimation; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 10344266546     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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