Maternal risk factors for childhood malnutrition in the mazowe district of Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 240-244

  Radebe, B Z ^a   Brady, P ^b,c   Siziya, S ^b   Todd, H ^b  

^a Simunye Clinic   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; LAND TENURE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; LAND TENURE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDIES; YOUTH; ZIMBABWE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030202687     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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