Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-75

  Mulmi, Prajula ^a   Block, Steven A ^a   Shively, Gerald E ^b   Masters, William A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Child nutrition; Maternal health; Sanitation; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT FOR AGE Z SCORE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD SANITATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; MALE; MARKET; MARKETING; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PROTECTION; SANITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84980396085     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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