Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition in Vietnam: Findings from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, 2000-2011

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kien, Vu Duy ^a,b,c   Lee, Hwa Young ^d   Nam, You Seon ^d,e   Oh, Juhwan ^d   Giang, Kim Bao ^b   Van Minh, Hoang ^a,b  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Inequality; Malnutrition; Trend; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIET NAM;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84969235400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29263     Document Type: Article

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