Understanding correlates of child stunting in Ethiopia using generalized linear mixed models

BMC Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Takele, Kasahun ^a   Zewotir, Temesgen ^b   Ndanguza, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIC; Cluster effect; GLMM; Random effect; Under five

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; BIRTH INTERVALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 85066508033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6984-x     Document Type: Article

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