Effectiveness of indigenous ready-to-use therapeutic food in community-based management of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: A randomized controlled trial from india

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-398

  Shewade, Hemant D ^a   Patro, Binod K ^a   Bharti, Bhavneet ^a   Soundappan, Kathirvel ^a   Kaur, Arvinder ^a   Taneja, Neelam ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Community based management; Ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF); Severe acute malnutrition (SAM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READY TO USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

COMMUNITY-BASED MANAGEMENT; READY-TO-USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD (RUTF); SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM);

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84885110136     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt039     Document Type: Article

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