The outcome of severe malnutrition in northwest Ethiopia: Retrospective analysis of admissions

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-157

  Amsalu, Solomon ^a   Asnakew, Gashaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845766247     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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