Rural–Urban Child Height for Age Trajectories and Their Heterogeneous Determinants in Four Developing Countries

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 599-629

  Nolan, Laura B ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Social Work ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Area level health differentials; Early life health; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEIGHT; NUTRITION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

PERU;

EID: 84976311740     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-016-9399-8     Document Type: Article

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