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Thinness among children aged 5–17 years living in Nakivale refugee settlement, South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Hunger and malnutrition are rampant among refugees and displaced populations, many of whom are infants and children. We sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with thinness among children aged 5–17 years living in Nakivale refugee settlement, Isingiro district, southwe...

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Autores principales:	Namubiru, Teddy, Mbabazi, Nestor, Namirembe, Terry, Lugobe, Henry Mark, Musiime, Victor
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2022
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36376917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00632-6

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