Child growth in urban deprived settings: Does household poverty status matter? At which stage of child development?

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-384

  Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a   Madise, Nyovani ^b   Baschieri, Angela ^c   Cleland, John ^c   Zulu, Eliya ^d   Kavao Mutua, Martin ^a   Essendi, Hildah ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Child undernutrition; Demographic surveillance system; Kenya; Longitudinal study; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPENDITURE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; POVERTY; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING; URBAN AREA;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84856564141     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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