The prevalence and factors associated with stunting among infants aged 6 months in a peri-urban South African community

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 3209-3218

  Matsungo, Tonderayi M ^a   Kruger, Herculina S ^a   Faber, Mieke ^a,b   Rothman, Marinel ^a   Smuts, Cornelius M ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complementary feeding; Iron deficiency anaemia; Low birth weight; Stunting

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MOTHER; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85040925866     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002087     Document Type: Article

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