Child spacing and parity progression: Implication for maternal nutritional status among women in Ekiti communities, Southwestern Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-491

  Adebowale, S A ^a   Adepoju, O T ^b   Fagbamigbe, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Birth interval; Cox regression model; Maternal nutrition; Parity progression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN;

EID: 79960711694     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.485.491     Document Type: Article

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