Prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition and anaemia among school children in Durbete Town, northwest Ethiopia

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alelign, Tilahun ^a,b   Degarege, Abraham ^a,c   Erko, Berhanu ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b DEBRE BERHAN UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Northwest Ethiopia; School children; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938705140     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-015-0084-x     Document Type: Article

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