Geographical and socioeconomic inequalities in women and children's nutritional status in Pakistan in 2011: An analysis of data from a nationally representative survey

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e229-e239

  Di Cesare, Mariachiara ^a   Bhatti, Zaid ^b   Soofi, Sajid B ^b   Fortunato, Lea ^a   Ezzati, Majid ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; ANTHROPOMETRY; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925257784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70001-X     Document Type: Article

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