Trends in inequalities in child stunting in South Asia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Krishna, Aditi ^a   Mejía Guevara, Iván ^b,c   McGovern, Mark ^d   Aguayo, Víctor M ^e   Subramanian, S V ^f,g  

^a Iris Group   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

health inequalities; social determinants of health; social factors; South Asia; stunting; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; GROWTH DISORDER; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASIA, WESTERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85047981786     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12517     Document Type: Article

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