Risk factors for malnutrition among rural Nigerian children

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-495

  Odunayo, Senbanjo Idowu ^a,b   Oyewole, Adeodu Oluwagbemiga ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Malnutrition; Nigeria; Risk factors; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845456869     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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