Undernourished children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study

ABSTRACT: Background: Childhood undernutrition causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Tanzania, the in-hospital prevalence of undernutrition in children under five years of age is approximated to be 30% with a case fatality rate of 8.8%. In Tanzani...

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Autores principales: Bashaka, Prosper J., Sawe, Hendry R., Mwafongo, Victor, Mfinanga, Juma A., Runyon, Michael S., Murray, Brittany L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6737698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1706-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6737698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1706-1

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