A tale of two continents: A multilevel comparison of the determinants of child nutritional status from selected African and Indian regions

Health and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-199

  Griffiths, Paula ^a   Madise, Nyovani ^b   Whitworth, Alison ^c   Matthews, Zoë ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Developing countries; Multilevel modelling; Underweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 1542408556     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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