Influence of childcare practices on nutritional status of Ghanaian children: A regression analysis of the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Amugsi, Dickson A ^a   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^a   Lartey, Anna ^b   Matanda, Dennis J ^a   Urke, Helga B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; CHILD CARE; PROCEDURES;

CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84912029068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005340     Document Type: Review

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