Choosing anthropometric indicators to monitor the response to treatment for severe acute malnutrition in rural southern Ethiopia—empirical evidence

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Tadesse, Amare Worku ^a,b   Tadesse, Elazar ^a,b   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indicators; Children; Monitor response to treatment; Severe acutemalnutrition

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDEMA; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; DIET THERAPY; HOUSING; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037728015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9121339     Document Type: Article

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