Socioeconomic disparities in health, nutrition, and population in Bangladesh: Do education and exposure to media reduce it?

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-293

  Rahman, M Shafiqur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Disparity; Poor rich ratio; Relative ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NUTRITION; POPULATION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34247349115     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.286.293     Document Type: Article

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