Analysis of individual-level and community-level effects on childhood undernutrition in Malawi

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 380-389

  Ntenda, Peter Austin Morton ^a   Chuang, Ying Chih ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

childhood nutritional status; Malawi; stunting; underweight; wasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNDERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85039737766     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2017.11.019     Document Type: Article

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