Tracking changes and identifying determinants of child malnutrition status over the past decade in Bangladesh

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 964-971

  Bagmar, Md Shaddam Hossain ^a   Khudri, Md Mohsan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b Uttara University   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Logistic regression model; Malnutrition; Underweight; Wasting stunting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD MALNUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84954537013     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2015.964.971     Document Type: Article

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