The clinical challenge of preventing and treating malnutrition

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program

Volumn 66, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-40

  Cooper, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET THERAPY; FAST FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FAST FOODS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77955899233     PISSN: 16616677     EISSN: 16623878     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000318946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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