Child Nutritional Status by Rural/Urban Residence: A Cross-National Analysis

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-391

  Fox, Kiira ^a   Heaton, Tim B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Rural; Social determinants of health; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868002004     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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