Effects of socio-economic and behavioural factors on childhood malnutrition in Yemen

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-259

  Sunil, Thankam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Gat; Malnutrition; Smoking; Socio economic status; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT FOR AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT FOR AGE; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT; YEMEN; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YEMEN;

EID: 67649105256     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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