Determinants of malnutrition in Senegal: Individual, household, community variables, and their interaction

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-263

  Linnemayr, Sebastian ^a   Alderman, Harold ^b   Ka, Abdoulaye ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Cellule de Lutte Contre la Malnutrition   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Children; Height; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Senegal; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL STRESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL;

EID: 47149086548     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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