Growth and development of abandoned babies in institutional care in Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 430-435

  Otieno, P A ^a,c   Nduati, R W ^b   Musoke, R N ^b   Wasunna, A O ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JUVENILE; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANAGE; ORPHANS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH REPORT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD REARING; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GROWTH; HEALTH; INFANT; KENYA; ORPHANS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; YOUTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, ABANDONED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANAGES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033238211     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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