Social determinants of inequalities in child undernutrition in Bangladesh: A decomposition analysis

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Huda, Tanvir M ^a,b   Hayes, Alison ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^b   Dibley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; decomposition; low income countries; socioeconomic factors; stunting; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY BUILD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONCENTRATION CURVE; CONCENTRATION INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUNTING; YOUNG ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014635230     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12440     Document Type: Article

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