Assessment of the WHO Stunting Framework using Ethiopia as a case study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Wirth, James P ^a,b   Rohner, Fabian ^a   Petry, Nicolai ^a   Onyango, Adelheid W ^c   Matji, Joan ^d   Bailes, Adam ^d   de Onis, Mercedes ^c   Woodruff, Bradley A ^a  

^a Ground Work   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual framework; contributors; Ethiopia; stunting

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE STUDY; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85016393803     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12310     Document Type: Article

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