Predictors of acute undernutrition among children aged 6 to 36 months in east rural Ethiopia: A community based nested case - control study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Egata, Gudina ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^b,c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Predictors; Under five children; Undernutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE UNDERNUTRITION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL TREATMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

BIRTH INTERVALS; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899483106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-91     Document Type: Article

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