Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood undernutrition in India: Analyzing trends between 1992 and 2005

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Subramanyam, Malavika A ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Berkman, Lisa F ^b,c   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77955338206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011392     Document Type: Article

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