Is stunting in children under five associated with the state of vegetation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Secondary analysis of Demographic Health Survey data and the satellite-derived leaf area index.

Autor: Bangelesa F; Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo.; Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Wuerzburg, Germany., Hatløy A; Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.; Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo, Norway., Mbunga BK; Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo., Mutombo PB; Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo., Matina MK; Research Center of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Population Health and Optimal Practices Research Unit (Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine), Quebec City, Canada., Akilimali PZ; Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo., Paeth H; Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Wuerzburg, Germany., Mapatano MA; Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo.

Publikováno v: Heliyon [Heliyon] 2023 Feb 03; Vol. 9 (2), pp. e13453. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 03 (Print Publication: 2023).