Child development in rural Ghana: Associations between cognitive/language milestones and indicators of nutrition and stimulation of children under two years of age

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 108, Issue 5-6, 2017, Pages e578-e585

  Ahun, Marilyn N ^a,b   Aboud, Frances E ^a   Aryeetey, Richmond ^c   Colecraft, Esi ^c   Marquis, Grace S ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognitive language milestones; Ghana; Home environment

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85040927379     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.108.5875     Document Type: Article

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