Childhood stunting: a global perspective.

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Published in Matern Child Nutr on May 01, 2016

Authors

Mercedes de Onis1, Francesco Branca1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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