Maternal characteristics and nutritional status among 6-59 months of children in Ethiopia: Further analysis of demographic and health survey

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Dessie, Zufan Bitew ^a   Fentie, Melkitu ^b   Abebe, Zegeye ^b   Ayele, Tadesse Awoke ^b   Muchie, Kindie Fentahun ^c  

^a Amhara Regional State   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; DHS; Ethiopia; GEE; Maternal characteristics; Stunting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; COMPLICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85063255605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1459-x     Document Type: Article

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