Is Unwanted birth associated with child malnutrition in Bangladesh?

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 80-88

  Rahman, Md Mosfequr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY;

BANGLADESH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILD, UNWANTED; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938319755     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: 19440405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4108015     Document Type: Article

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