Determinants of undernutrition among primary school children residing in slum areas of a Nigerian city.

@article{Ndukwu2013DeterminantsOU,
  title={Determinants of undernutrition among primary school children residing in slum areas of a Nigerian city.},
  author={C. I. Ndukwu and Ifeoma Egbuonu and T O Ulasi and Joy Chinelo Ebenebe},
  journal={Nigerian journal of clinical practice},
  year={2013},
  volume={16 2},
  pages={
          178-83
        }
}
BACKGROUND Undernutrition remains the largest contributor to the global disease burden. Different factors affecting the nutritional status of children need to be studied to determine those to be targeted in a country like Nigeria, characterized by widespread poverty and inequitable distribution of wealth. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed at ascertaining the relationship between prevailing socioeconomic and environmental factors, and the nutritional status of children residing in a typical urban… 
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