Gender inequality in food intake and nutritional status of children under 5 years old in rural Eastern Kenya
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- 29 September 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 65 (1) , 26-31
Abstract
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