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Prevalence and determinants of stunting among preschool and school-going children in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan

  • 1. Department of Math's, Stats & Computer Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 2. Basic Health Unit Rakhi Mounh, Tehsil Koh-e-Suleman, District Health Authority Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
  • 3. Goat Production Research Station Charbagh Swat, Livestock and Dairy Development Research Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 4. School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China & Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, China
  • 5. Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • 6. Department of Public Health & Nutrition, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 7. Department of Microbiology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 8. Institute of Nursing Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 9. Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 10. Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Affiliated Jiangning Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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Mehmood, Z., Afzal, T., Khan, N., Ahmed, B., Ali, L., Khan, A., Muhammad, J., Khan, E. A., Khan, J., Zakki, S. A., Xu, J., Shu, Y. (2022): Prevalence and determinants of stunting among preschool and school-going children in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan. Brazilian Journal of Biology (e249971) 82: 1-9, DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.249971, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.249971

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