Management of severe acute malnutrition in children

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9551, 2006, Pages 1992-2000

  Collins, Steve ^a,b   Dent, Nicky ^a   Binns, Paul ^a   Bahwere, Paluku ^a   Sadler, Kate ^a,b   Hallam, Alistair ^a  

^a VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33751402365     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69443-9     Document Type: Review

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