Acute malnutrition and under-5 mortality, Northeastern part of India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 389-391

  Espié, Emmanuelle ^a   Roure pujol, Carme ^b   Masferrer, Maria ^b   Saint sauveur, Jean François ^b   Palma urrutia, Pedro Pablo ^b   Grais, Rebecca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute malnutrition; Child; Health survey; India; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84855213979     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq107     Document Type: Article

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