Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives: Evidence from the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tiwari, Rina ^a   Ausman, Lynne M ^b   Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore ^c  

^a Nutrition Promotion and Consultancy Service   (Nepal)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CATERING SERVICE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928713849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-239     Document Type: Article

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