Determinants of stunting reduction in Ethiopia 2000 – 2011

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Woodruff, Bradley A ^a   Wirth, James P ^a,c   Bailes, Adam ^b   Matji, Joan ^b   Timmer, Arnold ^b   Rohner, Fabian ^a  

^a Ground Work   (Switzerland)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

determinants; Ethiopia; growth; HAZ; risk factors; stunting; stunting reduction

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HYGIENE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84966570494     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12307     Document Type: Article

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