Seasonal variation in nutritional status and anemia among lactating mothers in two agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1213-1218

  Roba, Kedir Teji ^a,b   O'Connor, Thomas P ^b   Belachew, Tefera ^c   O'Brien, Nora M ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anemia; BMI; Lowland; Midland; Postharvest; Preharvest

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED LAND; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARVEST PERIOD; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PREHARVEST PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ANTHROPOMETRY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84942295206     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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