One-fourth of the prisoners are underweight in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Despite the fact that prisoners are exposed to different health problems, prison health problems are often overlooked by researchers and no previous study has investigated nutritional problems of prisoners in Ethiopia. Methods Cross-sectional data were collected from 809 prisoner...

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Main Authors: Semaw Ferede Abera, Kelemework Adane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4410-9