Invited commentary: Improving estimates of severe acute malnutrition requires more data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 870-872

  Hure, Alexis ^a,b   Oldmeadow, Christopher ^a,b   Attia, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Correction factor; Incidence; Malnutrition; Public health; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALI; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NIGER; NOTE; PREVALENCE; INFANT;

BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALI; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 85014773209     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww131     Document Type: Note

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