Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: A cluster randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Isanaka, Sheila ^a,h   Nombela, Nohelly ^b   Djibo, Ali ^c   Poupard, Marie ^d   Van Beckhoven, Dominique ^e   Gaboulaud, Valérie ^f   Guerin, Philippe J ^g,h   Grais, Rebecca F ^g,h  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health Niamey   (Niger)

^d DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^f AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g EPICENTRE   (France)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BABY FOOD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELEMENTAL DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 58749102600     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.1018     Document Type: Article

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