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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among children under 5 years of age in Nepal: a community-based case–control study

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of 5 years in low and middle income countries like Nepal. Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are nine times more likely to die than children without malnutrition. The prevalence o...

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Autores principales: Pravana, Nilesh Kumar, Piryani, Suneel, Chaurasiya, Surendra Prasad, Kawan, Rasmila, Thapa, Ram Krishna, Shrestha, Sumina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28851796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017084