The geographical distribution of underweight children in Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 764-770

  Nubé, Maarten ^a   Sonneveld, Benjamin G J S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Body weight; Child; Child, preschool; Economics; Geography; Malnutrition; Nutrition surveys; Population density; Thinness epidemiology etiology

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MALNUTRITION; POPULATION DENSITY; WEIGHT;

AFRICA; AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNDERWEIGHT;

AFRICA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; THINNESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944491861     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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