Panama: Prediction Of Child Health By Household Density And Asset-Based Indices In Impoverished Indigenous Villages In Rural Panamá

Panama: Prediction Of Child Health By Household Density And Asset-Based Indices In Impoverished Indigenous Villages In Rural Panamá Carli M. Halpenny, Kristine G. Koski, Victoria E. Valdés, and Marilyn E. Scott, 2012 Chronic infection over a 16-month period and stunting of preschool children were compared between more spatially dense versus dispersed households in rural Panamá. Chronic protozoan infection was associated with higher household density, lower household wealth index, poor...

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