Decomposing socio-economic inequality in childhood malnutrition in Nigeria

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-367

  Uthman, Olalekan A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adolescent nutrition; Anthropometry; Assessment of nutritional status; Breast feedingand maternal nutrition; Child nutrition; Chronicmal nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 67650772942     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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