The impact of a short-term intervention using the WHO guidelines for the management of severe malnutrition at a rural facility in Angola

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-202

  Giugliani, Camila ^a,b   Duncan, Bruce B ^a   Harzheim, Erno ^a   Breysse, Serge ^b   Jarrige, Luc ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b République Démocratique du Congo   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANGOLA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77949903445     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.169227     Document Type: Article

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