Trends in socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in childhood underweight in Mauritania: evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2007–2015)

BACKGROUND: Underweight is one of the largest contributors to child morbidity and mortality and is considered to be the largest contributor to the global burden of diseases in low-and middle-income countries. In Mauritania, where one-fifth of children are underweight, there is a dearth of evidence o...

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Autores principales: Shibre, Gebretsadik, Zegeye, Betregiorgis, Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku, Seidu, Abdul-Aziz, Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena, Keetile, Mpho, Yaya, Sanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9070513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34185850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab040