Household Food Insecurity, Underweight Status, and Associated Characteristics among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Assayita District, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2018, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Abdu, Jemal ^a   Kahssay, Molla ^a   Gebremedhin, Merhawi ^b  

^a SAMARA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; ETHIOPIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047806008     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2018/7659204     Document Type: Article

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