Nutritional status, complementary feeding practices and feasible strategies to promote nutrition in returnee children aged 6-23 months in northern uganda

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 173-179

  Mokori, Alex ^a   Orikushaba, P ^a  

^a Applied Human Nutrition   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Behaviours and practices; Children 6 23 months; Complementary feeding; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SANITATION; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84875315248     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2012.11734424     Document Type: Article

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