Undernutrition status and associated factors in under-5 children, in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 964-970

  Alemayehu, Mussie ^a   Tinsae, Fitiwi ^b   Haileslassie, Kiday ^a   Seid, Oumer ^a   Gebregziabher, Gebremedhin ^b   Yebyo, Henock ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Dr Tewolde College of Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Medabay Zana; Stunting; Tigray; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FATHER; FEMALE; FINANCE; FOOD; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WATER SUPPLY; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84945962017     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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