Household and environmental factors influencing anthropometric outcomes in preschool children in a rural Ethiopian community

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-187

  Okike, I ^a   Jabbar, Mohammad A ^a   Abate, Gugsa ^b   Ketema, Lema ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Anthropometrics; East Africa; Ethiopia; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MALNUTRITION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21044444735     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240590952990     Document Type: Article

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