Associated factors and socio-economic inequality in the prevalence of thinness and stunting among adolescent boys and girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

Pradeep Kumar; Shobhit Srivastava; Shekhar Chauhan; Ratna Patel; Strong P. Marbaniang; Preeti Dhillon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247526

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Associated factors and socio-economic inequality in the prevalence of thinness and stunting among adolescent boys and girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

Pradeep Kumar,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
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Shobhit Srivastava,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7138-4916

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Shekhar Chauhan,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Policies and Programmes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
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Ratna Patel,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
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Strong P. Marbaniang ,

Roles Writing – original draft

* E-mail: marbaniangstrong@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-1867

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Preeti Dhillon

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9757-6492

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Associated factors and socio-economic inequality in the prevalence of thinness and stunting among adolescent boys and girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

Pradeep Kumar,
Shobhit Srivastava,
Shekhar Chauhan,
Ratna Patel,
Strong P. Marbaniang,
Preeti Dhillon

Published: February 24, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247526

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