Socioeconomic status and chronic child malnutrition: Wealth and maternal education matter more in the Peruvian Andes than nationally

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 741-747

  Urke, Helga B ^a   Bull, Torill ^a   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Andes; Child malnutrition; Child nutrition disorders; Demographic and Health Survey; Peru; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARENTING EDUCATION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERU; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755169605     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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