Local spatial clustering of stunting and wasting among children under the age of 5 years: Implications for intervention strategies

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1417-1427

  Gebreyesus, Seifu Hagos ^a,b   Mariam, Damen H ^a   Woldehanna, Tasew ^a   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clustering; Ethiopia; Stunting; Undernutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84951268237     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015003377     Document Type: Article

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