Estimating lifetime malnourished period and its statistics based on the concept of Markov chain with reward

Malnutrition among women, accessed through body mass index, has great consequences for achieving key national targets. This study introduces the concept of lifetime malnourished period (LMP): the number of years a woman would remain malnourished, either as underweight or overweight given that she is...

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Main Authors: Seyifunmi M. Owoeye, Bamidele M. Oseni, Ezra Gayawan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020309178