The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1993

Authors

M de Onís1, C Monteiro, J Akré, G Glugston

Author Affiliations

1: Scientist, Nutrition unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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