Gender, perceptions and behaviour towards health risks associated with urban dairy farming in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kimani, V N ^a   Ngonde, A M ^a   Kang'ethe, E K ^a   Kiragu, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38949086504     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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