The recovery of Guatemalan children with mild to moderate wasting: Factors enhancing the impact of supplementary feeding

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1430-1434

  Rivera, Juan A ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; GUATEMALA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DIET;

EID: 0029998108     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.10.1430     Document Type: Article

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