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Food insecurity, school absenteeism and educational attainment of adolescents in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Food insecurity not only affects physical growth and health of children but also their intellectual development, school attendance and academic performance. However, most evidences are based on studies in high income countries. Although food insecurity is common in Ethiopia, to what exte...

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Autores principales: Belachew, Tefera, Hadley, Craig, Lindstrom, David, Gebremariam, Abebe, Lachat, Carl, Kolsteren, Patrick
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21477343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-10-29