Association between malaria and malnutrition among children aged under-five years in Adami Tulu District, south-central Ethiopia: A case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shikur, Bilal ^a   Deressa, Wakgari ^a   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case control; Ethiopia; Malaria; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84958973967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2838-y     Document Type: Article

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