Consensus statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics on integrated management of severe acute malnutrition

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-404

  Dalwai, Samir ^a   Choudhury, Panna ^a   Bavdekar, Sandeep B ^a   Dalal, Rupal ^a   Kapil, Umesh ^a   Dubey, Ap ^a   Ugra, Deepak ^a   Agnani, Manohar ^a   Sachdev, Hps ^a  

^a not available ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Child; Malnutrition; Management; Ready to use therapeutic food

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APPETITE TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84885764257     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-013-0111-3     Document Type: Article

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