Forecasting the progress towards the target of Millennium Development Goal 1C in children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1728-1736

  Hasan, Md Tanvir ^a   Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J ^a   Williams, Gail M ^a   Mamun, Abdullah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Average annual rate of reduction; Bangladesh; Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 1C; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; WASTING SYNDROME;

BANGLADESH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GOALS; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84983579882     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014003279     Document Type: Article

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