An analysis of socio-demographic patterns in child malnutrition trends using Ghana demographic and health survey data in the period 1993-2008

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Amugsi, Dickson A ^a   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^a   Lartey, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Children under five; Ghana; Malnutrition; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885462507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-960     Document Type: Article

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