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Food Insecurity and Not Dietary Diversity Is a Predictor of Nutrition Status in Children within Semiarid Agro-Ecological Zones in Eastern Kenya

Machakos and Makueni counties in Kenya are associated with historical land degradation, climate change, and food insecurity. Both counties lie in lower midland (LM) lower humidity to semiarid (LM4), and semiarid (LM5) agroecological zones (AEZ). We assessed food security, dietary diversity, and nutr...

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Autores principales:	Bukania, Zipporah N., Mwangi, Moses, Karanja, Robert M., Mutisya, Richard, Kombe, Yeri, Kaduka, Lydia U., Johns, Timothy
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/907153

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