Longitudinal weight gain of immunized infants and toddlers in moroto district, uganda (Karamoja subregion)

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-123

  Gray, Sandra ^a   Akol, Helen A ^a   Sundal, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UGANDA; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUSPID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UGANDA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 75349100264     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20960     Document Type: Article

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