Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974-2007
OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in the prevalence and social distribution of child stunting in Brazil to evaluate the effect of income and basic service redistribution policies implemented in that country in the recent past. METHODS: The prevalence of stunting (height-for-age z score below −2 using the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2010-04-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000400017&lng=en&tlng=en |