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Stagnant Stunting Rate despite Rapid Economic Growth—An Analysis of Cross Sectional Survey Data of Undernutrition among Children under Five in Papua New Guinea

BACKGROUND: Maternal and child under-nutrition is a pervasive and detrimental condition in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Despite the rapid economic growth during the past decade, the stunting rate for children under 5 has remained at 46 percent in PNG. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to analyze...

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Autor principal: Hou, Xiaohui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AIMS Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5690260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29546143
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2016.1.25