Time trends in socio-economic inequalities in stunting prevalence: Analyses of repeated national surveys

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2097-2104

  Restrepo Méndez, María Clara ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Black, Robert E ^b   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Malnutrition; Nutritional status; Socio economic factors; Stunting

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84937164460     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014002924     Document Type: Review

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