Severe acute malnutrition in children aged under 5 years can be successfully managed in a non-emergency routine community healthcare setting in Ghana

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Akparibo, Robert ^a   Harris, Janet ^a   Blank, Lindsay ^a   Campbell, Mike J ^a   Holdsworth, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; Ghana; malnutrition; management; non emergency; severe acute

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY RATE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85013018704     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12417     Document Type: Article

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