Diet and socio-economic factors and their association with the nutritional status of pre-school children in a low income suburb of Kampala City, Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 565-574

  Kikafunda, J K ^a   Tumwine, J K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; THINNESS; UGANDA;

EID: 33846670436     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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