Does living in an urban environment confer advantages for childhood nutritional status? Analysis of disparities in nutritional status by wealth and residence in Angola, Central African Republic and Senegal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Kennedy, Gina ^a   Nantel, Guy ^a   Brouwer, Inge D ^b   Kok, Frans J ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child undernutrition; Poverty; Sub Saharan Africa; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

ANGOLA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646493362     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005835     Document Type: Review

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