Nutritional update: relevance to maternal and child health in East Africa
Duggan, M.B.
African Health Sciences 3(3): 136-143
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1680-6905 PMID: 14676720 Document Number: 263074
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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