Do mothers' educational levels matter in child malnutrition and health outcomes in Gambia and Niger?

Social Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-127

  Oyekale, A S ^a   Oyekale, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Health out comes; MDGs; Mother educational levels; UNICEF

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952622988     PISSN: 18185800     EISSN: 19936125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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