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Regional inequalities in child malnutrition in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis

There is substantial evidence that on average, urban children have better health outcomes than rural children. This paper investigates the underlying factors that account for the regional disparities in child malnutrition in three Arab countries, namely; Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen. We use data on a na...

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Autores principales: Sharaf, Mesbah Fathy, Rashad, Ahmed Shoukry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27271178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-016-0097-3