Association between socio-economic status and childhood undernutrition in Bangladesh; A comparison of possession score and poverty index

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1498-1504

  Mohsena, Masuda ^a   Mascie Taylor, Cg Nicholas ^a   Goto, Rie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood undernutrition; Possession score; Poverty index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTING SYNDROME;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 77957224109     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001758     Document Type: Article

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