Spatial heterogeneity and correlates of child malnutrition in districts of India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Khan, Junaid ^a   Mohanty, Sanjay K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India; Malnutrition; Spatial heterogeneity; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85051704994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5873-z     Document Type: Article

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