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Young maternal age is a risk factor for child undernutrition in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The aim of this study was to compare the nutritional status of children under 5 years of teenage and adult mothers in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana. A case–control study involving 300 (150 cases, 150 controls) mother–child...

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Autores principales:	Wemakor, Anthony, Garti, Humphrey, Azongo, Thomas, Garti, Helene, Atosona, Ambrose
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Note
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526641 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3980-7

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