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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777050903321

Autore

Bhargava Alok

Titolo

Econometrics, statistics, and computational approaches in food and health sciences [[electronic resource] /] / Alok Bhargava

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey ; ; Singapore, : World Scientific, c2006

ISBN

1-281-37320-6

9786611373207

981-277-331-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/33621

Soggetti

Nutrition - Econometric models

Medical economics - Statistical methods

Econometrics - Health aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

I. Methodological contributions. 1. Estimating dynamic random effects models from panel data covering short time periods / Alok Bhargava and J.D. Sargan. 2. Wald tests and systems of stochastic equations / Alok Bhargava. 3. Identification and panel data models with endogenous regressors / Alok Bhargava. 4. Serial correlation and the fixed effects model / Alok Bhargava, L. Franzini and W. Narendranathan -- II. Food Intakes, health and productivity in developing countries. 5. Estimating short and long run income elasticities of foods and nutrients for rural south India / Alok Bhargava. 6. Does household consumption behave as a martingale? A test for rural south India / Alok Bhargava and Martin Ravallion. 7. Dietary intakes and socioeconomic factors are associated with the hemoglobin concentration of Bangladeshi women / Alok Bhargava, Howarth E. Bouis, Nevin S. Scrimshaw. 8. Malnutrition and the role of individual variation with evidence from India and the Philippines / Alok Bhargava. 9. Nutritional status and the allocation of time in Rwandese households / Alok Bhargava. 10. Requirements for what? Is the measurement of energy expenditure a sufficient estimate of energy needs? / Alok Bhargava and Peter J. Reeds -- III. Child health and cognitive development in developing countries. 11. Modelling the



health of Filipino children / Alok Bhargava. 12. Modelling the effects of nutritional and socioeconomic factors on the growth and morbidity of Kenyan school children / Alok Bhargava. 13. Coliforms in the water and hemoglobin concentration are predictors of gastrointestinal morbidity of Bangladeshi children ages 1-10 years / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 14. Modeling the effects of maternal nutritional status and socioeconomic variables on the anthropometric and psychological indicators of Kenyan infants from age 0-6 months / Alok Bhargava. 15. A dynamic model for the cognitive development of Kenyan schoolchildren / Alok Bhargava. 16. Anthelmintic treatment improves the hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentration of Tanzanian schoolchildren / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 17. Modeling the effects of health stats and the educational infrastructure on the cognitive development of Tanzanian schoolchildren / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 18. AIDS epidemic and the psychological well-being and school participation of Ethiopian orphans / Alok Bhargava -- IV. Population health and economic growth. 19. Stochastic specification and the international GDP series / Alok Bhargava. 20. Modeling the effects of health on economic growth / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. -- V. Economic demography. 21. A longitudinal analysis of infant and child mortality rates in developing countries / Alok Bhargava and Jiang Yu. 22. Family planning, gender differences and infant mortality : evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India / Alok Bhargava. 23. Healthcare infrastructure, contraceptive use and infant mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India / Alok Bhargava, Sadia Chowdhury, K.K. Singh -- VI. Behavior, diet and obesity in developed countries. 24. Estimating the variations and autocorrelations in dietary intakes on weekdays and weekends / Alok Bhargava ... [et al.]. 25. Behavioral variables and education are predictors of dietary change in the women's health trial : feasibility study in minority populations / Alok Bhargava, Jennifer Hays. 26. Socio-economic and behavioural factors are predictors of food use in the national food stamp program survey / Alok Bhargava. 27. Unhealthy eating habits, physical exercise and macronutrient intakes are predictors of anthropometric indicators in the women's health trial : feasibility study in minority populations / Alok Bhargava, Joanne F. Guthrie.