Implications of women's work for child nutritional status in sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2109-2121

  Ukwuani, Festus A ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Nigeria; Nutritional status; Stunting; Wasting; Women's work

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; IMMUNIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SANITATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME; WOMEN, WORKING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0037402858     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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