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Stunting and severe stunting among children under-5 years in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis

BACKGROUND: Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical and mental development of children under-5 years. Stunting predominantly occurs in the first 1000 days of life (0–23 months) and continues to the age of five. This study examines factors associated w...

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Autores principales: Akombi, Blessing Jaka, Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore, Hall, John Joseph, Merom, Dafna, Astell-Burt, Thomas, Renzaho, Andre M. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28086835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0770-z