Food insufficiency in Rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 163-171

  Leyna, G H ^a,b   Mnyika, K S ^c   Mmbaga, E J ^a,d   Hussain, A ^d   Klouman, E ^e   Holm Hansen, C ^e   Klepp, K I ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SALIVA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 34547417201     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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