Maternal-child overweight/obesity and undernutrition in Kenya: A geographic analysis

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2140-2147

  Pawloski, Lisa R ^a   Curtin, Kevin M ^a   Gewa, Constance ^a   Attaway, David ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Geographic information systems; Kenya; Obesity; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84867735723     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000110     Document Type: Article

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