Determinants of Stunting, Wasting, and Anemia in Guinean Preschool-Age Children: An Analysis of DHS Data From 1999, 2005, and 2012

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 39-53

  Woodruff, Bradley A ^a   Wirth, James P ^a   Ngnie Teta, Ismael ^b   Beaulière, Jean Max ^b   Mamady, Daffe ^c   Ayoya, Mohamed Ag ^b   Rohner, Fabian ^a  

^a Ground Work   (Switzerland)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c National Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program   (Guinea)

Author keywords

anemia; child nutrition; stunting; sub Saharan Africa; wasting

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

GUINEA;

EBOLA VIRUS;

FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GUINEA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUINEA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85042328210     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572117743004     Document Type: Article

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