Addressing severe acute malnutrition where it matters

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9684, 2009, Pages 94-96

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHICS; FATALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 67649867168     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61264-2     Document Type: Note

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