Nutritional status of children in India: Household socio-economic condition as the contextual determinant

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kanjilal, Barun ^a   Mazumdar, Papiya Guha ^b   Mukherjee, Moumita ^b   Rahman, M Hafizur ^c  

^a Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

^b Institue of Health Management Research   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 77955382111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-19     Document Type: Article

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