Does being an orphan decrease the nutritional status of Luo children?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 844-851

  Zidron, Amy M ^a   Juma, Elizabeth ^b   Ice, Gillian H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70450189692     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20902     Document Type: Article

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