Stunting, wasting and associated factors among children aged 6-24 months in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system site: A community based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Derso, Terefe ^a   Tariku, Amare ^a   Biks, Gashaw Andargie ^a   Wassie, Molla Mesele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dabat health and demographic surveillance system; Ethiopia; Stunting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WASTING SYNDROME; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85016964610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-017-0848-2     Document Type: Article

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