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Socioeconomic factors associated with severe acute malnutrition in Jamaica
OBJECTIVES: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is an important risk factor for illness and death globally, contributing to more than half of deaths in children worldwide. We hypothesized that SAM is positively correlated to poverty, low educational attainment, major crime and higher mean soil concentra...
Autores principales: | Thompson, Debbie S., Younger-Coleman, Novie, Lyew-Ayee, Parris, Greene, Lisa-Gaye, Boyne, Michael S., Forrester, Terrence E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28291805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173101 |
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