Early impacts of orphaning: Health, nutrition, and food insecurity in a cohort of school-going adolescents in South Africa

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-87

  DeSilva, Mary Bachman ^a   Skalicky, Anne ^a   Beard, Jennifer ^a   Cakwe, Mandisa ^b   Zhuwau, Tom ^b   Quinlan, Tim ^b   Simon, Jonathon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

food insecurity; health; nutrition; orphans; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858766258     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2011.648968     Document Type: Article

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