Role of neighbourhoods in child growth and development: Does 'place' matter?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Avan, Bilal Iqbal ^a   Kirkwood, Betty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Child development; Child malnutrition; Neighbourhood; Pakistan; Place; Psychomotor performance; Rural health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 77953610724     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.039     Document Type: Article

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