Persistent inequalities in child undernutrition: Evidence from 80 countries, from 1990 to today

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1328-1335

  Bredenkamp, Caryn ^a   Buisman, Leander R ^b   Van de Poel, Ellen ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Developing countries; Equity; Inequality; Malnutrition; MDGs; Stunting; Trends; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84905644833     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu075     Document Type: Article

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