Determinants of childhood stunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: further analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 01, 2017

Authors

Hallgeir Kismul1, Pawan Acharya2, Mala Ali Mapatano3, Anne Hatløy4

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 5009, Bergen, Norway. hallgeir.kismul@uib.no.
2: Nepal Development Society, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
3: Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa 1, Democratic Republic of Congo.
4: Fafo, Institute for Labour and Social Research, Box 2947 Toyen, 0608, Oslo, Norway.

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