Socio-economic predictors of stunting in preschool children - A population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 450-456

  Willey, Barbara A ^a   Cameron, Noel ^b   Norris, Shane A ^c   Pettifor, John M ^c   Griffiths, Paula L ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70049094424     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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