Retrospective determination of whether famine existed in Niger, 2005: Two stage cluster survey

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7675, 2008, Pages 915-918

  Reza, Avid ^a   Tomczyk, Basia ^a   Aguayo, Victor M ^b   Zagré, Noel M ^b   Goumbi, Kadadé ^c   Blanton, Curtis ^a   Talley, Leisel ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH; INFANT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STARVATION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; NIGER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; STARVATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 54549122600     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1622     Document Type: Article

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