Mind the gap: What explains the poor-non-poor inequalities in severe wasting among under-five children in low- and middle-income countries? Compositional and structural characteristics

Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe; Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala; Olalekan A. Uthman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241416

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Mind the gap: What explains the poor-non-poor inequalities in severe wasting among under-five children in low- and middle-income countries? Compositional and structural characteristics

Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: franstel74@yahoo.com

Current address: Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Division of Health Sciences, Populations, Evidence and Technologies Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Physics & Electrical Engineering (MPEE), Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Olalekan A. Uthman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Populations, Evidence and Technologies Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Mind the gap: What explains the poor-non-poor inequalities in severe wasting among under-five children in low- and middle-income countries? Compositional and structural characteristics

Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe,
Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala,
Olalekan A. Uthman

Published: November 3, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241416

About the Authors

Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: franstel74@yahoo.com

Current address: Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Division of Health Sciences, Populations, Evidence and Technologies Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Physics & Electrical Engineering (MPEE), Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Olalekan A. Uthman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Populations, Evidence and Technologies Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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