The impact of natural disasters on child health and investments in rural India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-91

  Datar, Ashlesha ^a   Liu, Jenny ^b   Linnemayr, Sebastian ^a   Stecher, Chad ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Immunization; India; Natural disasters; Stunting; Underweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMUNIZATION; INVESTMENT; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; RURAL AREA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISASTERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH;

INDIA;

EID: 84870912862     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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