Malaria and under-nutrition: A community based study among under-five children at risk of malaria, South-West Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Deribew, Amare ^a   Alemseged, Fessehaye ^a   Tessema, Fasil ^a   Sena, Lelisa ^a   Birhanu, Zewdie ^a   Zeynudin, Ahmed ^a   Sudhakar, Morankar ^a   Abdo, Nasir ^b   Deribe, Kebede ^c   Biadgilign, Sibhatu ^d  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Jimma Zone Health Department   (Ethiopia)

^c Fayyaa Integrated Development Association   (Ethiopia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; RISK FACTOR; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 77956276685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010775     Document Type: Article

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