A community-based growth monitoring model to complement facility-based nutrition and health practices in a semi-urban community in South Africa

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 126-

  Schoeman, Serina E ^a   Dhansay, Muhammad A ^a   Fincham, John E ^a   Kunneke, Ernesta ^b   Benadé, A J Spinnler ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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