Acceptability and Efficacy of Locally Produced Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Nutreal in the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Comparison with Defined Food

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 18-26

  Thapa, Babu Ram ^a   Goyal, Pooja ^a   Menon, Jagadeesh ^a   Sharma, Ajay ^b  

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

^b Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry   (India)

Author keywords

defined food; nutreal; RUTF; SAM

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 85012239998     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116689743     Document Type: Article

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