Determinants of child malnutrition - An intervention model for Botswana

Nutrition Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 843-860

  Tharakan, Cheriyan Thomas ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; Child malnutrition; Determinants of malnutrition; Logistic regression; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0033151747     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(99)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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