The influence of maternal psychosocial circumstances and physical environment on the risk of severe wasting in rural Gambian infants: a mixed methods approach.

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Severe wasting affects 16 million under 5’s and carries an immediate risk of death. Prevalence remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa and early infancy is a high-risk period. We aimed to explore risk factors for severe wasting in rural Gambian infan...

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Main Authors: Nabwera, HM, Moore, SE, Mwangome, MK, Molyneux, SC, Darboe, MK, Camara-Trawally, N, Sonko, B, Darboe, A, Singhateh, S, Fulford, AJ, Prentice, AM
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018