Effect of mother's education on child's nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abuya, Benta A ^a   Ciera, James ^a,b   Kimani Murage, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Child stunting; Education; Health; Kenya; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862496139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-80     Document Type: Article

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