Nutritional status of children living in a community with high HIV prevalence in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional population-based survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-422

  Nalwoga, Agnes ^a   Maher, Dermot ^a   Todd, Jim ^b   Karabarinde, Alex ^a   Biraro, Samuel ^a   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; HIV infection

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING SYNDROME; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL HEALTH; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 77949360197     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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