Child undernutrition in Kenya: Trend analyses from 1993 to 2008-09

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Matanda, Dennis J ^a   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^a   Kigaru, Dorcus Mbithe D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Demographic and Health Survey; Kenya; Stunting; Trends; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84892404952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-5     Document Type: Article

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