Malnutrition as an underlying cause of childhood deaths associated with infectious diseases in developing countries
INTRODUCTION: Recent estimates suggest that malnutrition (measured as poor anthropometric status) is associated with about 50% of all deaths among children. Although the association between malnutrition and all-cause mortality is well documented, the malnutrition-related risk of death associated wit...
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Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2000-01-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000001000007&lng=en&tlng=en |