Determinants of age-specific undernutrition in children aged less than 2 years—the Bangladesh context

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Choudhury, Nuzhat ^a   Raihan, Mohammad Jyoti ^a   Sultana, Sabiha ^b   Mahmud, Zeba ^c   Farzana, Fahmida Dil ^a   Haque, Md Ahshanul ^a   Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur ^a   Waid, Jillian L ^d   Chowdhury, Ahmed Mushtaque Raza ^b   Black, Robert E ^e   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (Bangladesh)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; food insecurity; stunting; undernutrition; underweight; wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUNTING; CATERING SERVICE; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84995467498     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12362     Document Type: Article

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