An assessment of food supplementation to chronically sick patients receiving home based care in Bangwe, Malawi: A descriptive study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bowie, Cameron ^a   Kalilani, Linda ^a   Marsh, Reg ^b   Misiri, Humphrey ^a   Cleary, Paul ^c   Bowie, Claire ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Salvation Army Bangwe Project   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOYBEANS; SURVIVAL RATE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17844391817     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-12     Document Type: Review

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