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Nutritional status and association of demographic characteristics with malnutrition among children less than 24 months in Kwale County, Kenya

INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition is an underlying cause of mortality in about half of the cases that occur among children less than five years in developing countries. In Africa including Kenya, this problem may be exacerbated by socio-demographic and socio-economic factors. This study aimed at determinin...

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Autores principales:	Ndemwa, Morris, Wanyua, Sheru, Kaneko, Satoshi, Karama, Mohammed, Anselimo, Makokha
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881508 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.28.265.12703

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