Using extended concentration and achievement indices to study socioeconomic inequality in chronic childhood malnutrition: The case of Nigeria

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Uthman, Olalekan A ^a,b  

^a Center for Evidence Based Global Health Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 67650766645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-22     Document Type: Article

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