Testing hypothesized predictors of immune activation in tanzanian infants and children: Community, household, caretaker, and child effects

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-529

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Decaro, Jason A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84901780335     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22558     Document Type: Article

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