Survival, family conditions and nutritional status of motherless orphans in the West Bank, Palestine

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-297

  Al Adili, Nadim ^a   Bergstrom, Staffan ^a   Johansson, Annika ^a   Shaheen, Mohammad ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Family reconstruction; gender; nutritional status; orphans; Palestine; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD GROWTH; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANAGE; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42649092125     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807086985     Document Type: Article

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