Nutritional assessment of adolescent refugees - Nepal, 1999

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 49, Issue 38, 2000, Pages 864-867

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ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEES;

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