Intensive nursing care of kwashiorkor in Malawi

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-207

  Manary, M J ^a,b   Brewster, D R ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Kwashiorkor; Malnutrition; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034119406     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352500750028843     Document Type: Article

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