Using extended concentration and achievement indices to study socioeconomic inequality in chronic childhood malnutrition: the case of Nigeria.

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Published in Int J Equity Health on June 05, 2009

Authors

Olalekan A Uthman1

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, Ilorin, PO Box 5146, Kwara State, Nigeria. uthlekan@yahoo.com.

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