Determinants of malnutrition among urban slum children in Bangladesh

Health Economics Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fakir, Adnan M S ^a   Khan, M Wasiqur Rahman ^a  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LAND USE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN SLUM;

EID: 84971318139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-015-0059-1     Document Type: Article

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