Availability of childcare support and nutritional status of children of non-working and working mothers in Urban Nepal

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-181

  Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Lopchan, Milan ^b   Ichikawa, Masao ^a   Poudel Tandukar, Kalpana ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WORKING MOTHER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33645558251     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20481     Document Type: Article

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