Open AccessSocioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries
Author(s) -
Ellen Van de Poel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.044800
Subject(s) - malnutrition , socioeconomic status , wasting , inequality , developing country , medicine , environmental health , demography , economics , population , economic growth , mathematics , sociology , mathematical analysis , endocrinology
The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association between socioeconomic inequality and the average level of malnutrition, and to draw attention to different patterns of socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition.
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