Does living in slums or non-slums influence women's nutritional status? Evidence from Indian mega-cities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-146

  Gaur, Kirti ^a   Keshri, Kunal ^b   Joe, William ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

Income inequality; India; Malnutrition duality; Overnutrition; Slum and non slum; Undernutrition; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MALNUTRITION; MEGACITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

EID: 84871619339     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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