Ethiopia's high childhood undernutrition explained: Analysis of the prevalence and key correlates based on recent nationally representative data

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 2099-2109

  Gebreegziabher, Tafere ^a   Regassa, Nigatu ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Risk factors; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85063341168     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980019000569     Document Type: Article

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