Magnitude and factors associated with malnutrition in children 6-59 months of age in Shinille Woreda, Ethiopian Somali regional state: A cross-sectional study

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ma'Alin, Abdibari ^a   Birhanu, Dereje ^b   Melaku, Samuel ^a   Tolossa, Daniel ^a   Mohammed, Yusuf ^c   Gebremicheal, Kiros ^a  

^a Jigjiga Health Science College   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Ethiopian Somali Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Malnutrition; Shinille Woreda

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038843012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-016-0079-1     Document Type: Article

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