Prevalence and risk factors for under nutrition among children under five at Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yisak, Hiwot ^a   Gobena, Tesfaye ^b   Mesfin, Firehiwot ^b  

^a DEBRE TABOR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Harmaya University   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Haramaya District; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84959112843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0535-0     Document Type: Article

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