Misfortunes never come singly: Structural change, multiple shocks and child malnutrition in rural Senegal

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 246-262

  Lazzaroni, Sara ^a   Wagner, Natascha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(multiple) shocks; Senegal; Weight for age Z scores

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; SHOCK; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84994030113     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2016.10.006     Document Type: Article

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