Impact of contaminated household environment on stunting in children aged 12-59 months in Burkina Faso
Conclusions
Environment contamination can be at least as influential as nutritional components in the pathway to stunting. There is a rationale for including interventions to reduce environment contamination in stunting prevention programmes.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Fregonese, F., Siekmans, K., Kouanda, S., Druetz, T., Ly, A., Diabate, S., Haddad, S. Tags: Research reports Source Type: research
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