Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys

BACKGROUND: Many studies in sub-Saharan Africa have occasionally reported a higher prevalence of stunting in male children compared to female children. This study examined whether there are systematic sex differences in stunting rates in children under-five years of age, and how the sex differences...

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Autores principales: Wamani, Henry, Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug, Peterson, Stefan, Tumwine, James K, Tylleskär, Thorkild
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1865375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17425787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-7-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1865375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17425787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-7-17

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