Study of the determinants of chronic malnutrition in northern Nigeria: Quantitative evidence from the Nigeria demographic and health surveys

Close to half of all children younger than 5 years in the Northeast and Northwest geopolitical zones were estimated to be stunted in their growth for their age in 2013 compared to 22% of children in the rest of Nigeria.We examine the drivers of chronic child undernutrition in northern Nigeria and ho...

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Main Authors: Amare, Mulubrhan, Benson, Todd, Fadare, Olusegun, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: SAGE Publications 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145806

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