Nutritional status of under fives attending maternal and child health clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 368-371

  Matee, M I N ^a   Msengi, A E ^a   Simon, E ^a   Lyamuya, E F ^a   Mwinula, J H ^a   Mbena, E C ^a   Samaranayake, L P ^b   Scheutz, F ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WASTING SYNDROME;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

TANZANIA, DAR ES SALAAM;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0031448223     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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