PROTOCOL: The Effects of Empowerment-based Nutrition Interventions on the Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Overview

Journal Campbell Syst Rev

Date 2023 May 3

PMID 37131509

Authors

Alison Y Riddle

Cynthia M Kroeger

Abigail K Ramage

Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Elizabeth Kristjansson

Carol Vlassoff

Monica Taljaard

Becky Skidmore

Vivian Welch

George A Wells

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