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Motherhood and infant health in Khartoum
G A Harrison1, G Brush, F Y Zumrawi
1Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, England.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
|January 1, 1993
The results of an analysis of the growth and illness experience of a group of infants in Khartoum townships illustrate the remarkable benefits of being the infant of a "housewife" rather than the infant of a mother who works. These benefits occurred despite the poorer domestic environments of the housewives.
The results of an analysis of the growth and illness experience of a group of infants in Khartoum townships illustrate the remarkable benefits of being the infant of a "housewife" rather than the infant of a mother who works. These benefits occurred despite the poorer domestic environments of the housewives.
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AfricaAnthropometryArab CountriesBehaviorChild CareChild HealthChild RearingDeveloping CountriesEconomic FactorsEmployment--womenHealthIncome--womenInfant NutritionMacroeconomic FactorsMeasurementNorthern AfricaNutritionPregnancyPregnancy OutcomesReproductionResearch MethodologyResearch ReportSocioeconomic FactorsSudan