Predictors of the risk of malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years in Somalia.

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Published in Public Health Nutr on June 19, 2015

Authors

Damaris K Kinyoki1, James A Berkley2, Grainne M Moloney3, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala1, Abdisalan M Noor1

Author Affiliations

1: 1Department Public Health Research,Spatial Health Metris Group,INFORM Project,Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme,PO Box 43640-00100,Nairobi,Kenya.
2: 2Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme,Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (coast),Kilifi,Kenya.
3: 4Nutrition Section,UNICEF,Kenya Country Office,UN Complex Gigiri,Nairobi,Kenya.

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