Malnutrition as an underlying cause of childhood deaths associated with infectious diseases in developing countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1207-1221

  Rice, Amy L ^a   Sacco, Lisa ^a   Hyder, Adnan ^a   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health services; Child nutrition disorders; Communicable diseases, mortality; Developing countries; Health planning; Infantile diarrhea, mortality; Measles, mortality

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALNUTRITION;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INFECTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033793007     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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