MALNUTRITION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: BURDEN, CAUSES AND PROSPECTS

Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: burden, causes and prospects

Malnutrition is estimated to contribute to more than one third of all child deaths, although it is rarely listed as the direct cause.Contributing to more than half of deaths in children worldwide; child malnutrition was associated with 54% of deaths in children in developing countries in 2001.Poverty remains the major contributor to this ill.The vi

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Desert diversification: revision of Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) with descriptions of sixteen new species from the United States and Mexico

In this study, a morphological revision was conducted of Agroecotettix Bruner, a group of grasshoppers inhabiting open xeric desert scrub, shrublands, and plains, spanning central Texas to central Mexico.The genus was originally described by Bruner in 1908, with two taxa added by Hebard in 1922.Agroecotettix has remained gtech brush bar unrevised d

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Stability of and change in substance use risk personality: Gender differences and smoking cigarettes among early adolescents

Objective: Adolescents show a steadily increasing inclination toward health risk behaviors, including smoking cigarettes.There is ample evidence that personality traits are related to smoking behavior.However, less is known about the stability of and change in these personality traits during early adolescence and whether smoking behavior affects th

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