Maternal education and micro-geographic disparities in nutritional status among school-aged children in rural Northwestern China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Cuili ^a   Kane, Robert L ^b   Xu, Dongjuan ^a,b   Li, Lingui ^c   Guan, Weihua ^b   Li, Hui ^a   Meng, Qingyue ^a,d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEIGHT FOR AGE Z SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84892379536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082500     Document Type: Article

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