What's new? Investigating risk factors for severe childhood malnutrition in a high HIV prevalence South African setting

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 69, 2007, Pages 96-106

  Saloojee, Haroon ^a   De Maayer, Tim ^a   Garenne, Michel L ^b,c   Kahn, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Case control study; Drug abuse; Food intake; HIV AIDS; Kwashiorkor; Malnutrition; Marasmus; Poverty; Risk factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL SMOKING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; WEANING; ADDICTION; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547790876     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950701356435     Document Type: Article

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