Relative importance of 13 correlates of child stunting in South Asia: Insights from nationally representative data from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 144-154

  Kim, Rockli ^a   Mejía Guevara, Iván ^b,c   Corsi, Daniel J ^d   Aguayo, Víctor M ^e   Subramanian, S V ^a,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^f HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Child growth; Risk factors; South Asia; Stunting; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; GROWTH RATE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFGHANISTAN; AGE; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; STUNTING; VACCINATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; GROWTH DISORDER; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFGHANISTAN; BANGLADESH; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

AFGHANISTAN; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION;

EID: 85021651390     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.017     Document Type: Article

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