Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries
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Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries.
OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association between socioeconomic inequality and the average level of malnutrition, and to draw attention to different patterns of socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. METHODS Both stunting and wasting were measured using new WHO ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.07.044800