Women's input into household decisions and their nutritional status in three resource-constrained settings

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-493

  Hindin, Michelle J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Chronic energy deficiency; Decision making; Drought; HIV AIDS; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY DEFICIENCY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALAWI; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33746402775     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005865     Document Type: Review

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