Household food security is associated with early childhood language development: Results from a longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Saha, K K ^a,b   Tofail, F ^a,c   Frongillo, E A ^d   Rasmussen, K M ^e   Arifeen, S E ^a   Persson, L A ^f   Huda, S N ^c   Hamadani, Jena D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child development; Food security; Language development; MINIMat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955238908     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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