Drivers of nutritional change in four South Asian countries: A dynamic observational analysis

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-218

  Headey, Derek ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b   Park, Seollee ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic malnutrition; Economics constraints; Infant and child nutrition; International child health nutrition; Low income countries; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEFECATION HABIT; HUMAN; INDIA; NEPAL; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; SANITATION;

EID: 84968895089     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12274     Document Type: Article

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