Home-based treatment of acute malnutrition in Cambodian urban poor communities

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-339

  Harris, Stephen ^a   Jack, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute malnutrition; Cambodia; Homebased treatment; Positive deviance

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; URBAN POPULATION;

CAMBODIA; PHNOM PENH;

EID: 84855457392     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200404     Document Type: Article

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