Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in Tanzania: Evidence from the 2010 cross-sectional household survey

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chirande, Lulu ^a   Charwe, Deborah ^b   Mbwana, Hadijah ^c   Victor, Rose ^b   Kimboka, Sabas ^b   Issaka, Abukari Ibrahim ^f   Baines, Surinder K ^d   Dibley, Michael J ^e   Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore ^f  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deaths; Stunting; Tanzania; Under fives; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; TANZANIA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER QUALITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GROWTH DISORDERS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945218236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0482-9     Document Type: Article

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