A new avenue for understanding the nutritional status of children in Guinea

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 714-736

  Boccanfuso, Dorothée ^a   Bruce, Ohiniba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anthropometric indicators; children; Guinea; Health; Millennium Development Goals

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; MALNUTRITION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

GUINEA;

EID: 84887772070     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2013.19     Document Type: Article

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