Home-based treatment of malnourished malawian children with locally produced or imported ready-to-use food

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Sandige, Heidi ^a   Ndekha, MacDonald J ^a   Briend, Andrè ^a   Ashorn, Per ^b   Manary, Mark J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Ready to use food; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 16644376346     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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