Malnutrition and Childhood Disability in Turkana, Kenya: Results from a Case-Control Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Nyapera, Velma ^b   Evans, Jennifer ^a   Munyendo, David ^c   Zuurmond, Maria ^a   Frison, Severine ^a   Mwenda, Victoria ^b   Otieno, David ^b   Kisia, James ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kenya Red Cross Society   (Kenya)

^c CBM   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PEDIATRICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POVERTY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE;

EID: 84956893121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144926     Document Type: Article

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