International Journal of
Nutrition and Metabolism

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nutr. Metab.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2332
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNAM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 128

Full Length Research Paper

Predictors of nutritional status among adolescent school girls in Southwest Ethiopia

Tezera Moshago Berheto
  • Tezera Moshago Berheto
  • School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.
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Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn
  • Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn
  • School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.
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Bedilu Girma Weji
  • Bedilu Girma Weji
  • Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 25 November 2016
  •  Accepted: 06 January 2017
  •  Published: 31 January 2017

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