Nearly half of preschool children are stunted in Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tariku, Amare ^a   Woldie, Haile ^a   Fekadu, Abel ^a   Adane, Akilew Awoke ^a   Ferede, Ayanaw Tsega ^a   Yitayew, Segenet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Planing   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Northwest Ethiopia; Preschool children; Stunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963600700     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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