Determinants of chronic malnutrition among preschool children in Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-173

  Rahman, Azizur ^a   Chowdhury, Soma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTHPLACE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847677701     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001295     Document Type: Article

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