Exploring variations in childhood stunting in Nigeria using league table, control chart and spatial analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Adekanmbi, Victor T ^a,b   Uthman, Olalekan A ^c,d   Mudasiru, Oludare M ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Center for Evidence Based Global Health Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood stunting; League table; Nigeria; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BIRTH INTERVALS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876177667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-361     Document Type: Article

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