Village-level climate and weather variability, mediated by village-level crop yield, is associated with linear growth in children in Uganda

Introduction To investigate total annual precipitation, precipitation anomaly and aridity index in relation to linear growth in children under 5 in Uganda and quantify the mediating role of crop yield.Methods We analysed data of 5219 children under 5 years of age who participated in the 2016 Uganda...

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Main Authors: Vernon M Chinchilli, Paddy Ssentongo, Djibril M Ba, Claudio Fronterre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e002696.full