Effect of settlement on nutrition and health status of pastoral Gabra women of reproductive age in Kalacha Location, Marsabit County, Kenya

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1622-1630

  Adongo, Amos Otieno ^a   Shell Duncan, Bettina ^b   Tuitoek, J Prisca ^c  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chronic energy deficiency; Infection; Iron status; Reproductive women

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFECTION; IRON; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881118728     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001200496X     Document Type: Article

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