Trends and determinants of stunting among under-5s: Evidence from the 1995, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2018, Pages 2915-2928

  Yang, Ying Ying ^a   Kaddu, Gabriella ^b,c   Ngendahimana, David ^b   Barkoukis, Hope ^b   Freedman, Darcy ^b   Lubaale, Yovani A M ^d   Mupere, Ezekiel ^d   Bakaki, Paul M ^b  

^a Hathaway Brown School   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Demographic and Health Surveys; Stunting; Trends; Uganda; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 85052998389     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018001982     Document Type: Article

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