Risk factors of malnutrition among preschool children in Terengganu, Malaysia: a case control study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 03, 2014

Authors

Hui Jie Wong1, Foong Ming Moy, Sulochana Nair

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. huijie.wong@yahoo.com.

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