Does economic growth reduce childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Biadgilign, Sibhatu ^a   Shumetie, Arega ^b   Yesigat, Habtamu ^c  

^a Nutrition and Health Research Advisor   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD UNDERNUTRITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMICS; GROWTH DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983398048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160050     Document Type: Article

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