Fraction of all hospital admissions and deaths attributable to malnutrition among children in rural Kenya.

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in the developing world and associated with disease and mortality. Because malnutrition frequently occurs among children in the community as well as those with acute illness, and because anthropometric indicators of nutritional status are continuous variables that...

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Principais autores: Bejon, P, Mohammed, S, Mwangi, I, Atkinson, S, Osier, F, Peshu, N, Newton, C, Maitland, K, Berkley, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2008