Socioeconomic and demographic variation in nutritional status of under-five Bangladeshi children and trend over the twelve-year period 1996-2007

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 222-238

  Mohsena, Masuda ^a   Goto, Rie ^b   Mascie Taylor, C G Nicholas ^b  

^a Ibrahim Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84978127720     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932016000328     Document Type: Review

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