Socio-economic inequalities in malnutrition among children and adolescents in Colombia: The role of individual-, household- and community-level characteristics

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1703-1718

  Garcia, Sandra ^a   Sarmiento, Olga L ^a   Forde, Ian ^b   Velasco, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child nutrition disorders; Colombia; Health inequalities; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881098929     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004090     Document Type: Article

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