An examination of environmental correlates with childhood height-for-age in Ghana

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-53

  Nikoi, Ebenezer ^a   Anthamatten, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Childhood; Environment; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL CLASS; VACCINATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879495257     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012001346     Document Type: Article

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