Domestic violence and chronic malnutrition among women and children in India

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1188-1196

  Ackerson, Leland K ^a,b   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Body mass index; Child nutrition disorders; Domestic violence; India; Malnutrition; Women

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 43249106837     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn049     Document Type: Article

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