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The epidemiology of undernutrition and its determinants in children under five years in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Understanding the burden and contextual risk factors is critical for developing appropriate interventions to control undernutrition. METHODS: This study used data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey to estimate the prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting. Single mu...

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Autores principales:	Boah, Michael, Azupogo, Fusta, Amporfro, Daniel Adjei, Abada, Linda Anutua
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6668784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31365528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219665

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