Effect of economic inequality on chronic childhood undernutrition in Ghana

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Hong, Rathavuth ^a  

^a DHR Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic status; Ghana; Inequality; Stunting; Undernutrition; Wealth index

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947398339     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007226035     Document Type: Article

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