The role of maternal education in the 15-year trajectory of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 929-939

  Hasan, Md Tanvir ^a   Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J ^a   Williams, Gail M ^a   Mamun, Abdullah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; children under 5 years of age; malnutrition; maternal education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923675327     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12178     Document Type: Article

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