Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6–59 months from 84 countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Khara, Tanya ^a   Mwangome, Martha ^b   Ngari, Moses ^b   Dolan, Carmel ^a  

^a ENN   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

burden; children; concurrent wasting and stunting; global; prevalence

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; WAR; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; GROWTH DISORDER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; OCEANIA; PREVALENCE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85030177582     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12516     Document Type: Article

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