Management of children with severe acute malnutrition: Experience of Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers in Uttar Pradesh, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-25

  Singh, Karanveer ^a   Badgaiyan, N ^a   Ranjan, A ^a   Dixit, H O ^b   Kaushik, A ^c   Kushwaha, K P ^d   Aguayo, V M ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b National Rural Health Mission Government of Tamil Nadu   (India)

^c MLB Medical College Jhansi   (India)

^d BRD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Management; Protein energy malnutrition; Severe wasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84896843392     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-014-0328-9     Document Type: Article

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