Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abrahams, Zulfa ^a   McHiza, Zandile ^a   Steyn, Nelia P ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 80053922079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-801     Document Type: Article

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