The relationship between livestock ownership and child stunting in three countries in eastern Africa using national survey data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Mosites, Emily M ^a   Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a   Thumbi, Samuel M ^b,c   Montgomery, Joel M ^d   Palmer, Guy H ^c   May, Susanne ^a   Rowhani Rahbar, Ali ^a   Neuhouse, Marian L ^e   Walson, Judd L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVINE; CHICKEN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SHEEP; STUNTING; UGANDA; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATASETS AS TOPIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84975682961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136686     Document Type: Article

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