The duration of diarrhea and fever is associated with growth faltering in rural Malawian children aged 6-18 months

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Weisz, Ariana ^a   Meuli, Gus ^a   Thakwalakwa, Chrissie ^b   Trehan, Indi ^a,b   Maleta, Kenneth ^b   Manary, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET THERAPY; INCIDENCE; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LINEAR MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79953086398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-25     Document Type: Article

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