Quantifying the impact of rising food prices on child mortality in India: a cross-district statistical analysis of the District Level Household Survey | Zendy

Jasmine Fledderjohann | Zendy; Sukumar Vellakkal | Zendy; Zaky Khan | Zendy; Shah Ebrahim | Zendy; David Stuckler | Zendy

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Quantifying the impact of rising food prices on child mortality in India: a cross-district statistical analysis of the District Level Household Survey

Author(s) -

Jasmine Fledderjohann,

Sukumar Vellakkal,

Zaky Khan,

Shah Ebrahim,

David Stuckler

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv359

Subject(s) - malnutrition , child mortality , environmental health , medicine , socioeconomics , statistical analysis , food prices , demography , geography , economics , food security , economic growth , agriculture , population , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , sociology

Rates of child malnutrition and mortality in India remain high. We tested the hypothesis that rising food prices are contributing to India's slow progress in improving childhood survival.

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