Malnutrition kills directly, not indirectly

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9626, 2008, Pages 1749-1750

  Habicht, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 43849091743     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60755-2     Document Type: Letter

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