Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys
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Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys
BACKGROUND Many studies in sub-Saharan Africa have occasionally reported a higher prevalence of stunting in male children compared to female children. This study examined whether there are systematic sex differences in stunting rates in children under-five years of age, and how the sex differences in stunting rates vary with household socio-economic status. METHODS Data from the most recent 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pediatrics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-7-17