Prevalence and determinants of adult under-nutrition in Botswana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Letamo, Gobopamang ^a   Navaneetham, Kannan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904692266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102675     Document Type: Article

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