Assessing the intergenerational linkage between short maternal stature and under-five stunting and wasting in Bangladesh

Nutrients

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2019, Pages

  Khatun, Wajiha ^a   Rasheed, Sabrina ^b   Alam, Ashraful ^a   Huda, Tanvir M ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Maternal stature; Stunting; Under five children; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85071182649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu11081818     Document Type: Article

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