An analysis of cross sectional survey data of stunting among Palestinian children less than five years of age

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1288-1296

  Gordon, Nahida H ^a,b   Halileh, Samia ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Body size; Child development; Growth; Hunger; Nutritional requirements

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARABS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881358332     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1126-4     Document Type: Article

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