What explains the fall in child stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa?

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Buisman, Leander R ^a   Van de Poel, Ellen ^a   O'Donnell, Owen ^b   van Doorslaer, Eddy K A ^a,b  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Nutrition; Stunting; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STUNTING;

EID: 85066236072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100384     Document Type: Article

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