Economic crisis and malnutrition: Socioeconomic determinants of anthropometric status of preschool children and their mothers in an African urban area

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-47

  Delpeuch, F ^a   Traissac, P ^a   Martin Prevel Y ^a   Massamba, J P ^b   Maire, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b DGRST   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; Body mass index; Economic crisis; Mothers; Nutritional status; Preschool children; Stunting; The Congo; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034003290     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980000000069     Document Type: Article

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