Do Girls Have a Nutritional Disadvantage Compared with Boys? Statistical Models of Breastfeeding and Food Consumption Inequalities among Indian Siblings

BACKGROUND: India is the only nation where girls have greater risks of under-5 mortality than boys. We test whether female disadvantage in breastfeeding and food allocation accounts for gender disparities in mortality. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Secondary, publicly available anonymized and de-identified...

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Autores principales: Fledderjohann, Jasmine, Agrawal, Sutapa, Vellakkal, Sukumar, Basu, Sanjay, Campbell, Oona, Doyle, Pat, Ebrahim, Shah, Stuckler, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25229235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107172

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25229235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107172

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