Declining child malnutrition: A reassessment

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1336-1346

  Svedberg, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child stunting; Malnutrition; MDG; Monitoring; Poverty; Progress; Trends

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; HEALTH MONITORING; MALNUTRITION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750216392     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl157     Document Type: Article

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