Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth -a cross-sectional study from Malawi

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-219

  Stewart, Robert C ^a,e   Umar, Eric ^a   Kauye, Felix ^a,b   Bunn, James ^a   Vokhiwa, Maclean ^b   Fitzgerald, Margaret ^c,d   Tomenson, Barbara ^e   Rahman, Atif ^e   Creed, Francis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Zomba Mental Hospital   (Malawi)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Infant growth; Low income countries; Maternal mental health; Postnatal; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47149085793     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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