Domestic violence and child nutrition in Liberia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-111

  Sobkoviak, Rudina M ^a   Yount, Kathryn M ^b   Halim, Nafisa ^c  

^a SAND International ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child anthropometry; Child nutrition; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Liberia; Post conflict settings

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIBERIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK; SCREENING; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMACIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; THINNESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84855917813     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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