Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries.
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Summary
Socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition existed throughout the developing world, and was not related to the average malnutrition rate, so policies should take into account the distribution of childhood malnutrition across all socioeconomic groups.
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- article
- Published
- 2008-04-01
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- 344
- References
- 51
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- Open access
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Keywords
Computer science
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