Ethnic expansions and between-group differences in children's health: A case study from the Rukwa Valley, Tanzania

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 682-692

  Hadley, Craig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Household food security; Pimbwe; Seasonality; Stunting; Sukuma; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TANZANIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 27744494484     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20056     Document Type: Article

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