Poverty and childhood undernutrition in developing countries: A multi-national cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1366-1373

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Kupek, Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cohort study; Developing countries; Ethiopia; India; Peru; Poverty; Undernutrition; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; LIVING STANDARD; MALNUTRITION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; POVERTY DETERMINANT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PERU; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PERU; POVERTY; VIETNAM; WASTING SYNDROME;

ETHIOPIA; INDIA; PERU; VIET NAM;

EID: 77956342750     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.038     Document Type: Article

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