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Nutritional Status and Barriers to Optimal Nutrition among Pediatric Cancer Patients in Tanzania: A Quantitative Analysis

2024-03-29

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<h4>Background: </h4> Childhood cancer is a growing problem and a major public health concern in low- and middle-income countrieswhere over two-thirds of the patients worldwide are currently diagnosed. Despite the recent success in the diagnosis and management of childhood cancer, malnutrition remainsa key setback in attaining better outcome. This study was designed to assess the magnitude of under nutrition and t...

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Literature Corpus work: a801d047-adcd-5623-b04d-ed5cf8081970
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4044032/v1

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