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The social context of severe child malnutrition: a qualitative household case study from a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo

INTRODUCTION: The magnitude of child malnutrition including severe child malnutrition is especially high in the rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). The aim of this qualitative study is to describe the social context of malnutrition in a rural part of the DRC and explore how so...

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Autores principales:	Kismul, Hallgeir, Hatløy, Anne, Andersen, Peter, Mapatano, Mala, Van den Broeck, Jan, Moland, Karen Marie
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25986714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-015-0175-x

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