Why have mortality rates for severe malnutrition remained so high?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-229

  Schofield, C ^a   Ashworth, A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDEMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

CHILD HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY RATE;

EID: 0029669908     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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