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Food insecurity and linear growth of adolescents in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Although many studies showed that adolescent food insecurity is a pervasive phenomenon in Southwest Ethiopia, its effect on the linear growth of adolescents has not been documented so far. This study therefore aimed to longitudinally examine the association between food insecurity and li...

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Autores principales: Belachew, Tefera, Lindstrom, David, Hadley, Craig, Gebremariam, Abebe, Kasahun, Wondwosen, Kolsteren, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-55