Influence of family structure on child health: Evidence from India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 577-599

  Kumar, Abhishek ^a   Ram, Faujdar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84880817089     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000764     Document Type: Article

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