Closing the rural-urban gap in child malnutrition: Evidence from Paraguay, 1997–2012

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2019, Pages 1-10

  Ervin, Paul A ^a   Bubak, Vit ^a  

^a Centro para la Economía y el Desarrollo Humano CEDEH   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Height for age; Latin America; Nutrition policy; Rural urban disparities; Stunting

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY INCOME; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARAGUAY; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; STUNTING; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARAGUAY; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85057811449     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2018.11.001     Document Type: Article

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