Seasonal variation of child under nutrition in Malawi: is seasonal food availability an important factor? Findings from a national level cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on November 05, 2014

Authors

Lana Clara Chikhungu1, Nyovani Janet Madise

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Social Statistics and Demography, Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty and Policy, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 58, Social Sciences Academic Unit, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. L.C.Chikhungu@soton.ac.uk.

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