New WHO growth standards: roll-out needs more resources

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9684, 2009, Pages 100-102

  Kerac, Marko ^a   Egan, Rebecca ^b   Mayer, Sam ^b   Walsh, Anne ^c   Seal, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative   (United States)

^c VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67649844066     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61266-6     Document Type: Note

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