Malnutrition as an underlying cause of childhood deaths associated with infectious diseases in developing countries.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 2000

Authors

A L Rice1, L Sacco, A Hyder, R E Black

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. arice@jhsph.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Ready to Use Therapeutic Food in the Rehabilitation of Severely Malnourished Children | NCT00131417

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