The practical challenges of evaluating a blanket emergency feeding programme in Northern Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Hall, Andrew ^a   Oirere, Moragwa ^b   Thurstans, Susan ^b   Ndumi, Assumpta ^b   Sibson, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 80055043405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026854     Document Type: Article

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