Socio-economic determinants of severe and moderate stunting among under-five children of rural Bangladesh

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-118

  Mostafa Kamal, S M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Multinomial regression; Nutritional status; Rural children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959714467     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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