What difference can fathers make? Early paternal absence compromises Peruvian children's growth

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-154

  Dearden, Kirk ^a   Crookston, Benjamin ^b   Madanat, Hala ^c   West, Joshua ^b   Penny, Mary ^d   Cueto, Santiago ^e  

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

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^e Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

Author keywords

Father child relations; Fatherhood; Health and illness; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERU; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870979911     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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