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Nutritional status among primary school children in rural Sri Lanka; a public health challenge for a country with high child health standards

BACKGROUND: Nutritional status of pre adolescent children is not widely studied in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional status among pre-adolescent school children in a rural province of Sri Lanka. METHODS: A school based cross sectional study was carried out in Nort...

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Autores principales:	Naotunna, N. P. G. C. R., Dayarathna, M., Maheshi, H., Amarasinghe, G. S., Kithmini, V. S., Rathnayaka, M., Premachandra, L., Premarathna, N., Rajasinghe, P. C., Wijewardana, G., Agampodi, T. C., Agampodi, S. B.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28068960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-4001-1

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