Mother's education is the most important factor in socio-economic inequality of child stunting in Iran

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2010-2015

  Emamian, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Fateh, Mansooreh ^b   Gorgani, Neman ^c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^d  

^a SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inequality; Iran; Malnutrition; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905248171     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002280     Document Type: Article

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