Food insecurity in rural Tanzania is associated with maternal anxiety and depression

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-368

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Patil, Crystal L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; TANZANIA; ANXIETY; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 33646921228     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20505     Document Type: Article

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