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Child nutritional status as screening tool for identifying undernourished mothers: an observational study of mother–child dyads in Mogadishu, Somalia, from November 2019 to March 2020

BACKGROUND: Active screening of only pregnant and lactating mothers (PLMs) excludes other mothers of reproductive age susceptible to undernutrition. Our analysis evaluated if mothers presenting with wasted children were more likely to be undernourished themselves. METHODS: The observational study en...

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Autores principales: Zacks, Rachael, Ververs, Mija, Hwang, Cindy, Mahdi, Adan, Leidman, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000302