Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among children aged between six to fifty nine months in Bule Hora district, South Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Asfaw, Mandefro ^a   Wondaferash, Mekitie ^b   Taha, Mohammed ^b   Dube, Lamessa ^b  

^a Bule Hora District Health Office   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Stunting; Undernutrition; Wasting and underweight

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTING SYNDROME;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84939207453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1370-9     Document Type: Article

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