Modeling the effects of maternal nutritional status and socioeconomic variables on the anthropometric and psychological indicators of Kenyan infants from age 0-6 months

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-104

  Bhargava, Alok ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayley Infant Behavior Record; Bayley Motor Scale; Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale; Growth; Humans; Malnutrition; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; INFANT; KENYA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CALCIUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033988798     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200001)111:1<89::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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