Decomposition of childhood malnutrition in Cambodia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 973-986

  Sunil, Thankam S ^a   Sagna, Marguerite ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child growth; Child nutrition; International child health nutrition; Low income countries; Nutrition; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942551358     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12029     Document Type: Article

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