Integrated program achieves good survival but moderate recovery rates among children with severe acute malnutrition in India

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1335-1342

  Aguayo, Víctor M ^e   Agarwal, Vandana ^e   Agnani, Manohar ^a   Das Agrawal, Dwarka ^a   Bhambhal, Sheela ^b   Rawat, Ashok K ^c   Gaur, Ajay ^d   Garg, Aashima ^e   Badgaiyan, Nina ^e   Singh, Karanveer ^e  

^a Government of Madhya Pradesh   (India)

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Bundelkhand Medical College   (India)

^d University   (India)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION REHABILITATION CENTER; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RECOVERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84886291111     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.054080     Document Type: Article

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