Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of stunting and thinness among Pakistani primary school children.

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Published in BMC Public Health on October 11, 2011

Authors

Muhammad Umair Mushtaq1, Sibgha Gull, Usman Khurshid, Ubeera Shahid, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Arif Mahmood Siddiqui

Author Affiliations

1: Ubeera Memorial Research Society, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, 54000 Punjab, Pakistan. mushtaqmu@gmail.com

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