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Inequalities in stunting among under-five children in Tanzania: decomposing the concentration indexes using demographic health surveys from 2004/5 to 2015/6

BACKGROUND: Child stunting is a global health concern. Stunting leads to several consequences on child survival, growth, and development. The absolute level of stunting has been decreasing in Tanzania from from 50% in 1991/92 to 34% in 2016 although the prevalence is still high (34%)Stunting varyies...

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Autores principales: Musheiguza, Edwin, Mahande, Michael J., Malamala, Elias, Msuya, Sia E., Charles, Festo, Philemon, Rune, Mgongo, Melina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33485344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01389-3