Maternal nutritional knowledge and the nutritional status of preschool children in a Nairobi slum

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 419-423

  Waihenya, E W ^a   Kogi Makau, W ^a   Muita, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH;

KENYA, NAIROBI, KIBERA;

SLUM;

EID: 0030181793     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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