Nutritional status of young children in AIDS-affected households and controls in Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 926-931

  Bridge, Andrea ^a   Kipp, Walter E ^a   Jhangri, Gian S ^a   Laing, Lory ^a   Konde Lule, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PATHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

EID: 33745030813     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.926     Document Type: Article

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