Prevalence and risk factors for poor nutritional status among children in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania.

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Published in Int J Environ Res Public Health on October 05, 2012

Authors

Amina Abubakar1, Jacqueline Uriyo, Sia E Msuya, Mark Swai, Babill Stray-Pedersen

Author Affiliations

1: Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. A.AbubakarAli@uvt.nl

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