Sociocultural practices influencing under five nutritional status in an urban community in Osun State, Nigeria

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-46

  Esimai, O A ^a   Ojofeitimi, E O ^a   Oyebowale, O M ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035228685     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600101500105     Document Type: Article

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