Treading water. The long-term impact of the 1998 flood on nutrition in Bangladesh

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-96

  del Ninno, Carlo ^a   Lundberg, Mattias ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child growth; Disasters; Health; Height; Nutrition; Physical stature; Public assistance; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOODING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELIEF WORK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14044276424     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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