Is malnutrition declining? An analysis of changes in levels of child malnutrition since 1980.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 2000

Authors

M de Onis1, E A Frongillo, M Blössner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. deonism@who.ch

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