Maternal income-generating activities, child care, and child nutrition in Mali

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Pierre Louis, June N ^a,b   Sanjur, Diva ^a   Nesheim, Malden C ^a   Bowman, Dwight D ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Care; Caregiving; Child anthropometry; Dietary intake; Food intake; Household food security; Income generating activities; Maternal work; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CASH CROPPING; CHILD CARE; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA;

EID: 34047165343     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800108     Document Type: Article

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