Effects and determinants of mild underweight among preschool children across countries and over time

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-77

  Bhagowalia, Priya ^a   Chen, Susan E ^b   Masters, William A ^c  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; DHS data; Foster Greer Thorbecke measures; Underweight; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650679849     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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