The social context of severe child malnutrition: a qualitative household case study from a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Published in Int J Equity Health on May 19, 2015

Authors

Hallgeir Kismul1, Anne Hatløy2, Peter Andersen3, Mala Mapatano4, Jan Van den Broeck1, Karen Marie Moland5

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 5009, Bergen, Norway. hallgeir.kismul@cih.uib.no.
2: Fafo, Box 2947, Tøyen, 0608, Oslo, Norway. Anne.Hatloy@fafo.no.
3: Department of Geography, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway. peter.andersen@geog.uib.no.
4: School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa 1, Democratic Republic of Congo. mapatanow@yahoo.fr.
5: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 5009, Bergen, Norway. karen.moland@cih.uib.no.

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