Early life mortality and height in Indian states

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-189

  Coffey, Diane ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Height; India; Maternal nutrition; Neonatal mortality; Postneonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BODY HEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; ADULT; AGE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84926418206     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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