Impact of nutrition interventions on pediatric mortality and nutrition outcomes in humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1464-1492

  Balhara, Kamna S ^a   Silvestri, David M ^b   Tyler Winders, W ^c   Selvam, Anand ^d   Kivlehan, Sean M ^b   Becker, Torben K ^e   Levine, Adam C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; child; disasters; infant; malnutrition; relief work

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; DISASTER; DISASTER RELIEF; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMANITARIAN AID; INFANT MORTALITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DROUGHT; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUNGER; KITCHEN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPLICATION; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOOD; FORTIFIED FOOD; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELIEF WORK;

AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMERGENCIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FOODS, SPECIALIZED; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 85034653376     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12986     Document Type: Review

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