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Title
A multilevel analysis of individual and community effect on chronic childhood malnutrition in rural Nigeria.
Authors
Uthman, Olalekan A
Abstract
Protein energy malnutrition is the second most important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Nigeria after infections. The purpose of this article was to develop and test a model of childhood malnutrition that includes individual-level characteristics along with contextual characteristics defined at the community level.
Publication
Journal of tropical pediatrics, 2009, Vol 55, Issue 2, p109