Review
Nutritional update: relevance to maternal and child health in East Africa
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Review
Nutritional update: relevance to maternal and child health in East Africa
Afr Health Sci.
2003 Dec.
Abstract
In this review of recent advances in nutrition, we shall follow the 'life cycle' with special attention to maternal and foetal nutrition, linear growth, and nutritional assessment. We also consider nutrition, infection and micronutrients, and recent concepts of the pathophysiology and management of protein energy malnutrition PEM.
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