Stunting and its determinant factors among children aged 6-59 months in Ethiopia

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tariku, Amare ^a   Biks, Gashaw Andargie ^a   Derso, Terefe ^a   Wassie, Molla Mesele ^a   Abebe, Solomon Mekonnen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; Health and demographic surveillance system; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GROWTH DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85042333466     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-017-0433-1     Document Type: Article

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