Determinants of impaired growth among hospitalized children: a case-control study

CONTEXT: Protein energy malnutrition constitutes a public health problem, especially in less affluent countries. The identification of amenable predictive risk factors is of major importance for policy makers to plan interventions to reduce infant malnutrition. OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors fo...

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Main Authors: Marilia de Carvalho Lima, Maria Eugênia Farias Almeida Motta, Eliane Cavalcanti Santos, Gisélia Alves Pontes da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802004000300008&lng=en&tlng=en