Factors associated with nutritional status of infants and young children in Somali Region, Ethiopia: A cross- sectional study Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fekadu, Yirgu ^a   Mesfin, Addisalem ^a   Haile, Demewoz ^b   Stoecker, Barbara J ^c  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84940484700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2190-7     Document Type: Article

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