Diet and kwashiorkor: A prospective study from rural DR Congo

PeerJ

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kismul, Hallgeir ^a   Van den Broeck, Jan ^a   Lunde, Torleif Markussen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

DR Congo; Food items; Kwashiorkor; Malnutrition; Marasmus; Papaya; Sweet potato; Wild vegetables; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASSAVA; CHILD; CITRUS; DIARRHEA; DIET; EDEMA; EGG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARASMUS; PAPAYA; PINEAPPLE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SNAIL; SWEET POTATO; YAM;

EID: 84899128873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.350     Document Type: Article

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