Small area estimation of child undernutrition in Ethiopian woredas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Sohnesen, Thomas Pave ^a   Ambel, Alemayehu Azeze ^b   Fisker, Peter ^c   Andrews, Colin ^b   Khan, Qaiser ^b  

^a World Bank ^*  (Denmark)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MALNUTRITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 85017553845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175445     Document Type: Article

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