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Relationship of stunting with water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices among children under the age of five: a cross-sectional study in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract Background Reasons for undernutrition are food insufficiency, impaired child care, limited access to healthcare, and maternal lack of health literacy. In addition, there are several environmental factors, such as drinking water quality, poor sanitation, and hygienic practices that can lead...

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Main Authors:	Munazza Batool (Author), Javeria Saleem (Author), Rubeena Zakar (Author), Muhammad Salman Butt (Author), Sanaullah Iqbal (Author), Shahroz Haider (Author), Florian Fischer (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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