Catching up from early nutritional deficits? Evidence from rural Ethiopia

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-163

  Outes, Ingo ^a   Porter, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Children; Ethiopia; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84875261875     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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