Cross-national analysis of the risk factors of child malnutrition among children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the DHS

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 570-578

  Magadi, Monica A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Children made vulnerable by HIV AIDS; Demographic and Health Surveys; Multilevel logistic regression; Risk factors; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOGISTICS; MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 79954605285     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02733.x     Document Type: Article

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