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Girl child marriage, socioeconomic status, and undernutrition: evidence from 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Girl child marriage, a formal union of a female before age 18, and undernutrition remain common in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study is to establish the extent to which girl child marriage contributes to socioeconomic status and underweight, a measure of undernutrition, among adu...

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Autores principales: Efevbera, Yvette, Bhabha, Jacqueline, Farmer, Paul, Fink, Günther
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30845984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1279-8