Association of literacy of mothers with malnutrition among children under three years of age in rural area of district Malir, Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 550-553

  Ali, Syed Sanawar ^a   Karim, Nasim ^b   Billoo, Abdul Ghaffar ^c   Haider, Syed Sabieh ^a  

^a JINNAH MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 33644912031     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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