Urban-rural differences in the associated factors of severe under-5 child undernutrition based on the composite index of severe anthropometric failure (CISAF) in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Asibul Islam Anik (Author), Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury (Author), Hafiz T. A. Khan (Author), Md Nazrul Islam Mondal (Author), Nirmala K. P. Perera (Author), Manzur Kader (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Severe undernutrition among under-5 children is usually assessed using single or conventional indicators (i.e., severe stunting, severe wasting, and/or severe underweight). But these conventional indicators partly overlap, thus not providing a comprehensive estimate of the prop...