Child care practices and nutritional status of children aged 0-2 years in Thika, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 524-529

  Kamau Thuita, F ^a   Omwega, A M ^a   Muita, J W G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BABY FOOD; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INFANT; KENYA; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

EID: 0036824945     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i10.8814     Document Type: Article

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