Child nutritional status and maternal factors in an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-215

  Thuita, F M ^a   Mwadime, R K N ^b   Wang'ombe, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 26944453230     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i4.9283     Document Type: Review

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