Risk factors for diarrhoea and malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Wasihun, Araya Gebreyesus ^a   Dejene, Tsehaye Asmelash ^a,b   Teferi, Mekonen ^a   Marugán, Javier ^c   Negash, Letemichal ^a   Yemane, Dejen ^a   McGuigan, Kevin G ^d  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WATER SUPPLY; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSING; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 85057141857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207743     Document Type: Article

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