Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Household food security among pregnant women in Ogun - East senatorial zone: a rural – urban comparison

Oluwafolahan O. Sholeye*
  • Oluwafolahan O. Sholeye*
  • Sagamu Community Centre / Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Olubukunola A. Jeminusi
  • Olubukunola A. Jeminusi
  • Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu campus, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Adebisi Orenuga
  • Adebisi Orenuga
  • Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu campus, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Oladeinde Ogundipe
  • Oladeinde Ogundipe
  • Department of Food Technology, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 18 February 2014
  •  Accepted: 04 March 2014
  •  Published: 30 April 2014

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