Locally made ready-to-use therapeutic food for treatment of malnutrition: A randomized controlled trial

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 679-686

  Singh, Azara Sneha ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Ramachandran, Anup ^a   Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Peter, Pearline ^a   Bose, Anuradha ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Indigenous; Malnutrition; Management; Nutrition therapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READY TO USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD; THERAPY EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION THERAPY;

EID: 77952926258     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0100-8     Document Type: Article

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