Stunting and severe stunting among children under-5 years in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Akombi, Blessing Jaka ^a   Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore ^a   Hall, John Joseph ^b   Merom, Dafna ^a   Astell Burt, Thomas ^c,d   Renzaho, Andre M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d ILLAWARRA HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Multilevel analysis; Nigeria; Public Health; Severe stunting; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NIGERIA; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STUNTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85009351807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0770-z     Document Type: Article

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