Assessment of potential indicators for protein-energy malnutrition in the algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Bern, C ^a,c   Zucker, J R ^b,d   Perkins, B A ^d   Otieno, J ^e   Oloo, A J ^e   Yip, R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE; MALNUTRITION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ASIA; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; KENYA; LATIN AMERICA; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN ASIA; TOGO; TREATMENT; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031874597     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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