Measuring intra-household health inequality: Explorations using the body mass index

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Sahn, David E ^a   Younger, Stephen D ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Intra household Kuznets curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67649321630     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1459     Document Type: Article

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