Trends and inequalities in stunting in Nepal: A secondary data analysis of four Nepal demographic health surveys from 2001 to 2016

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Nepali, Sajama ^a   Simkhada, Padam ^b   Davies, Ian ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Inequalities; Socio demographic; Stunting; Trends; Wealth quintiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076362942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-019-0283-x     Document Type: Article

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