Nutrient intake among pregnant teenage girls attending ante-natal clinics in two health facilities in bungoma south district, western Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Shipala, E K ^a   Wafula, S W ^a   Ettyang, G A ^a   Were, E O ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84965165674     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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