Health problems of street children in Eldoret, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 624-629

  Ayaya, S O ^a   Esamai, F O ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; KENYA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035527433     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i12.8930     Document Type: Article

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