Characteristics of human ecological, child caring practices and nutritional status of children 0-60 months and their mothers in a lowland Bolivian community

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 463-495

  O'Donnell, Gwen ^a   Sheffield, Victoria ^b   Barrows, John ^b   Absastaflor, Widen ^c   Morales, Mabel ^d   Solomons, Noel W ^a  

^a Project Concern International (PCI)   (United States)

^b International Eye Foundation USA   (United States)

^c Ctro Prom Agropecuaria Campesina   (Bolivia)

^d CeSSIAM ^*

Author keywords

Anemia; Anthropometry; Bolivia; Breastfeeding; Child health; Growth; Intestinal helminths

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 12144272822     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240490888713     Document Type: Review

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