Being the younger child in a large African Family: A study of birth order as a risk factor for poor health using the demographic and health surveys for 18 countries

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Howell, Embry M ^a   Holla, Nikhil ^b   Waidmann, Timothy ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Global health; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042256562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-016-0100-8     Document Type: Article

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