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Original Articles

Women's dietary diversity scores and childhood anthropometric measurements as indices of nutrition insecurity along the urban–rural continuum in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Article: 29425 | Received 13 Aug 2015, Accepted 21 Jan 2016, Published online: 12 Feb 2016

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