Environmental variability and child growth in Nepal

Health and Place

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-51

  Shively, Gerald ^a,b   Sununtnasuk, Celeste ^c   Brown, Molly ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Norwegian University of Life Sciences   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; HAZ; NDVI; Nepal; Nutrition; Stunting; Wasting; WHZ

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEALTH SURVEY; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GROWING SEASON; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING (PLANT); URBAN AREA; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NEPAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84957593651     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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