Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Hospitalized Children with Moderate and Severe Acute Malnutrition in South India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 504-510

  Devi, R Usha ^a   Krishnamurthy, Sriram ^a   Bhat, B Vishnu ^a   Sahai, Ajit ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Co morbidities; Mid upper arm circumference; Moderate acute malnutrition; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84939947254     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-014-1671-5     Document Type: Article

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