Child malnutrition in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 248-254

  Mulugeta, A ^a   Hagos, F ^b   Kruseman, G ^b   Linderhof, V ^b   Stoecker, B ^c   Abraha, Z ^a   Yohannes, M ^a   Samuel, G G ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872032604     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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