Management of severe acute malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-287

  Trehan, Indi ^a,b   Manary, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FOLIC ACID; MEBENDAZOLE; RETINOL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RURAL AREA; SENSORY STIMULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84923332754     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306026     Document Type: Article

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