Malnutrition – Diarrhea Cycle: How to break this?

  • Dr Umesh Patel L N Medical College, Bhopal, MP, India
  • Dr D Sharad Gedam L N Medical College, Bhopal, India
Keywords: Malnutrition, Diarrhea, Infant mortality

Abstract

In most of developing world Infectious diseases like acute gastroenteritis & Pneumonia are leading causes of Infant & Under five mortality. Malnutrition when present further increases morbidity & mortality of both diseases.

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CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2014.i04.01
Published: 2014-08-31
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Patel U, Gedam DS. Malnutrition – Diarrhea Cycle: How to break this?. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2014Aug.31 [cited 2024Nov.22];2(4):277- 278. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/105
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