Shared environments: A multilevel analysis of community context and child nutritional status in Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-959

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Chow, Clara K ^a   Lear, Scott A ^b   Rahman, M Omar ^c   Subramanian, S V ^d   Teo, Koon K ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BangladeS.H.; Child nutrition; Community determinants; Environments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956083520     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003356     Document Type: Article

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