Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wamani, Henry ^a,b   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Peterson, Stefan ^c   Tumwine, James K ^d   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT T TEST; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248589859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-7-17     Document Type: Article

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