Association between maternal and child nutritional status in Hula, rural Southern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Negash, Canaan ^a   Whiting, Susan J ^b   Henry, Carol J ^b   Belachew, Tefera ^c   Hailemariam, Tewodros G ^a  

^a WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECUMBENT LENGTH; SALARY; MOTHER; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84957963908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142301     Document Type: Article

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