Magnitude and predictors of undernutrition among children aged six to fifty nine months in Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Darsene, Hiwot ^a   Geleto, Ayele ^b   Gebeyehu, Abebaw ^c   Meseret, Solomon ^c  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Stunting; Underweight and undernutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026302911     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-017-0198-4     Document Type: Article

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