Determinants of stunting among children aged 0-59 months in Nepal: Findings from Nepal Demographic and health Survey, 2006, 2011, and 2016

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Adhikari, Ramesh P ^a   Shrestha, Manisha Laxmi ^b   Acharya, Ajay ^c   Upadhaya, Nawaraj ^d  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b FHI360   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Children; Determinants; Nepal; Stunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088143543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-019-0300-0     Document Type: Article

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