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Malnutrition, morbidity and infection in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: an epidemiological study

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition constitutes one of the major public health challenges throughout the developing world. Urban poverty and malnutrition have been on the rise, with an increased rate of morbidity. We herein explore the relationship between infections and nutritional status and the related asso...

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Autores principales:	De Vita, Maria Vittoria, Scolfaro, Carlo, Santini, Bruna, Lezo, Antonella, Gobbi, Federico, Buonfrate, Dora, Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth W., Macharia, Teresiah, Wanjohi, Milka, Rovarini, Jacopo Mattia, Morino, Gianfranco
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-019-0607-0

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