Nutritional status of under-five children living in an informal urban settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-363

  Olack, Beatrice ^a,b   Burke, Heather ^b   Cosmas, Leonard ^a,b   Bamrah, Sapna ^b   Dooling, Kathleen ^c   Feikin, Daniel R ^b   Talley, Leisel E ^b   Breiman, Robert F ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Peel Public Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Child nutrition disorders; Child nutritional status; Cross sectional studies; Food security; Informal settlement; Kenya; Slums

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053286838     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i4.8451     Document Type: Article

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