Effect of work related variables on growth among working boys in Jordan

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-158

  Hawamdeh, H ^a   Spencer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD LABOR; HEALTH CARE; INCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POLICY; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH; HUMANS; INCOME; JORDAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

JORDAN;

EID: 0037309050     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.2.154     Document Type: Article

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