Gender differences in the household-headship and nutritional status of pre-school children

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Haidar, J ^a,c   Kogi Makau, W ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449086339     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v86i2.46936     Document Type: Article

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