Household food insecurity and caregiver distress: Equal threats to child nutritional status?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Tessema, Fasil ^b   Muluneh, Ayalew T ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84856741671     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22200     Document Type: Article

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