Decomposing malnutrition inequalities between Scheduled Castes and Tribes and the remaining Indian population

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-287

  Van De Poel, Ellen ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Decomposition; India; Inequality; Scheduled Tribes and Castes

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; ALGORITHM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 69249212344     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802609931     Document Type: Article

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