Outpatient care for severely malnourished children in emergency relief programmes: A retrospective cohort study

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9348, 2002, Pages 1824-1830

  Collins, Steve ^a,b   Sadler, Kate ^b,c  

^a VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Concern Worldwide ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037038828     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11770-3     Document Type: Article

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