Ready-to-use therapeutic food for home-based treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to five years of age

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Schoonees, Anel ^a   Lombard, Martani ^b   Musekiwa, Alfred ^a   Nel, Etienne ^b   Volmink, Jimmy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READY TO USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; FAST FOOD; INFANT; MALAWI; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLISHING; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAST FOODS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84887252492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009000.pub2     Document Type: Review

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