Multilevel analysis of factors associated with wasting and underweight among children under-five years in Nigeria

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Akombi, Blessing J ^a   Agho, Kingsley E ^a   Merom, Dafna ^a   Hall, John J ^b   Renzaho, Andre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Multilevel analysis; Nigeria; Public health; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME TO PREGNANCY; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85010338491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9010044     Document Type: Article

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