Efficacy of three feeding regimens for home-based management of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: A randomised trial in India

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Mohan, Sanjana Brahmawar ^a   Bose, Anuradha ^b   Iyengar, Sharad D ^c   Taneja, Sunita ^a   Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Pricilla, Ruby Angeline ^b   Iyengar, Kirti ^c   Sachdev, Harshpal Singh ^d   Mohan, Venkata Raghava ^b   Suhalka, Virendra ^c   Yoshida, Sachiyo ^e   Martines, Jose ^f   Bahl, Rajiv ^e  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Action Research and Training for Health (ARTH)   (India)

^d SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 85050406110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000144     Document Type: Article

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