Child health, its dynamic interaction with nutrition and health memory - Evidence from Senegal

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-145

  Rieger, Matthias ^a   Wagner, Natascha ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child health production; Dynamic panel regression; Health memory; Height for age; Malnutrition; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SENEGAL; SENEGALESE; AGE; CALORIC INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SENEGAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920727351     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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