Spatial heterogeneity and risk factors for stunting among children under age five in Ethiopia: A Bayesian geo-statistical model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Hagos, Seifu ^a,b   Hailemariam, Damen ^a   WoldeHanna, Tasew ^a   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING; BAYES THEOREM; GROWTH DISORDERS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85011685005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170785     Document Type: Article

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