Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: New evidence from Bihar

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 847-859

  Burza, Sakib ^a   Mahajan, Raman ^a   Marino, Elisa ^a   Sunyoto, Temmy ^a   Shandilya, Chandra ^a   Tabrez, Mohammad ^a   Kumari, Kabita ^a   Mathew, Prince ^a   Jha, Amar ^a   Salse, Nuria ^b   Mishra, Kripa Nath ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MSF   (Spain)

^c Darbhangha Medical College Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Community based management of acute malnutrition; India; Mean upper arm circumference; Severe acute malnutrition; Severe wasting

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES VACCINATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BODY HEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84929657360     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.093294     Document Type: Article

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