Prevalence and determinants of stunting in under-five children in central Tanzania: Remaining threats to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Semali, Innocent Antony ^a   Tengia Kessy, Anna ^a   Mmbaga, Elia John ^a   Leyna, Germana ^a  

^a School of Public Health and Social Sciences   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Millennium development goals; Stunting; Under five children

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GOALS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84947770699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2507-6     Document Type: Article

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