Multilevel analysis of individual, household, and community factors influencing child growth in Nepal

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Smith, Tim ^a   Shively, Gerald ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEPAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85063955171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1469-8     Document Type: Article

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