Birth interval and stunting in children under five years of age in Peru (1996–2014)

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 97-103

  Sobrino, M ^a   Gutierrez C ^b   Alarcon J ^b   Davila M ^c   Cunha, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c Grupo Asociado Paraguayo de la Red Cochrane Iberoamericana   (Paraguay)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

child public health; developing countries; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84996878175     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12420     Document Type: Article

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