Human growth, nutrition, and health status in sub‐Saharan Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue 13 S, 1991, Pages 211-250

  Cameron, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Growth; Nutritional status; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GROWTH; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; JUVENILE; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NOMADS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENTS; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLACKS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NOMADS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; NUTRITION PROGRAMS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WHITES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLACKS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GROWTH; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LATIN AMERICA; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0026276609     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330340611     Document Type: Article

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