Predictors of stunting among children ages 0 to 59 months in a rural region of Armenia

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 150-156

  Demirchyan, Anahit ^a   Petrosyan, Varduhi ^a   Sargsyan, Viktoria ^b   Hekimian, Kim ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

^b Health Learning Hub   (Armenia)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenia; children; predictor; rural; stunting

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITION SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; COMPLICATION; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND DISINFECTION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMENIA; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84952661813     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000901     Document Type: Article

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