Focusing on malnutrition management to improve child survival in India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 413-416

  Ashworth, Ann ^a   Jackson, Alan ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN DIET; REHYDRATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SODIUM LOAD; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34347264439     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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