Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6 – 59 months from 84 countries
Author: Khara, T., Mwangome, M., Ngari, M. and Dolan, C.
Year: 2017
Resource type: Research
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Khara, T., Mwangome, M., Ngari, M. and Dolan, C. (2017). Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6 – 59 months from 84 countries. www.ennonline.net/resources/wastmetaanalysis
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