Prevalence and risk factors for poor nutritional status among children in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3506-3518

  Abubakar, Amina ^a   Uriyo, Jacqueline ^b   Msuya, Sia E ^c   Swai, Mark ^c   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Children; SES; Stunting; Tanzania; Underweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868130716     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9103506     Document Type: Article

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