Urban-rural disparities in child nutrition-related health outcomes in China: The role of hukou policy Health policies, systems and management in low and middle-income countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Hong ^a   Rizzo, John A ^b   Fang, Hai ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child; China; Nutrition; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; STATISTICS; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84947934371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2517-4     Document Type: Article

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