Could nutritional rehabilitation at home complement or replace centre-based therapeutic feeding programmes for severe malnutrition?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-51

  Gaboulaud, V ^a   Dan Bouzoua, N ^b   Brasher, C ^b   Fedida, G ^a   Gergonne, B ^a   Brown, V ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN; ARTEMISININ; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NIGER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846658827     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml052     Document Type: Article

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