Early child health in an informal settlement in the Peruvian Amazon

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Lee, Gwenyth O ^a   Paredes Olortegui, Maribel ^b,c   Salmón Mulanovich, Gabriela ^b,d   Peñataro Yori, Pablo ^b,c   Kosek, Margaret ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d Parque José de Acosta 187   (Peru)

Author keywords

Child health; Height for age; Informal settlement; Natural experiment; Peru

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH DISORDER; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PERU; PERUVIAN; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PERU; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84999873078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12914-016-0099-6     Document Type: Article

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