Sedentism and child health among Rendille pastoralists of northern Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-515

  Nathan, Martha A ^a   Fratkin, Elliot M ^b   Roth, Eric Abella ^c  

^a Holyoke Medical Center   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Child health; Drought; Nutrition; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RAIN; SUGAR;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MALNUTRITION; MARKET; MILK; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WAR;

CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASTORALISM; RENDILLE PEOPLE; SEDENTARISATION;

KENYA;

EID: 0030201505     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00428-9     Document Type: Article

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