Cross-sectional study of malnutrition and associated factors among school aged children in rural and urban settings of fogera and libo kemkem districts, ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Herrador, Zaida ^a,b   Sordo, Luis ^a,c,d   Gadisa, Endalamaw ^e   Moreno, Javier ^a   Nieto, Javier ^a   Benito, Agustín ^a,b   Aseffa, Abraham ^e   Cañavate, Carmen ^a   Custodio, Estefania ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Tropical Diseases Research Network (RICET in Spanish)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STUNTING; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907564632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105880     Document Type: Article

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