Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 645-652

  Chopra, Mickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Children; Low birth weight; Rural; South Africa; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142246405     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003477     Document Type: Review

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