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Assessing comorbidity and correlates of wasting and stunting among children in Somalia using cross-sectional household surveys: 2007 to 2010

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Wasting and stunting may occur together at the individual child level; however, their shared geographic distribution and correlates remain unexplored. Understanding shared and separate correlates may inform interventions. We aimed to assess the spatial codistribution of wasting, stunting and underweight and investigate their shared correlates among children aged 6-59 months in Somalia.Cross-sectional nutritional assessments surveys were conducted using structured interviews among communities ...

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10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009854

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BMJ Open Publisher's website
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BMJ open Journal website
Volume:
6
Issue:
3
Article number:
e009854
Publication date:
2016-01-01
Acceptance date:
2016-02-02
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EISSN:
2044-6055
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English
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611532
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2016-04-01

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