Risk factors for child under-nutrition with a human rights edge in rural villages of North Wollo, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 625-630

  Haidar, J ^a   Abate, G ^a   Kogi Makau, W ^b   Sorensen, P ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33644610019     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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