Concurrent wasting and stunting among children 6–59 months: an analysis using district-level survey data in Mozambique
Abstract Background In the past it was believed that wasting and stunting were independent of each other. Recent work has shown that they can occur concurrently in a child and that increases considerably the risk of mortality. Concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt) is currently defined as WHZ < -...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Nutrition |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00508-9 |