Sex differences in the effect of birth order and parents' educational status on stunting: A study on Bengalee preschool children from eastern India

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-276

  Biswas, Sadaruddin ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77955582028     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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