This book provides an authoritative, critical and up-to-date review of all the many facets of protein energy malnutrition. The coverage is comprehensive, beginning with an analysis of the characteristics of severe and fatal cases and a detailed discussion of treament, aimed specifically at paediatricians and health workers. It goes on to describe and analyse the freature of malnutrition as it develops in the community; impaired growth, frequent infections and retardation of mental development, and ends with an examination of the controverisal question of strategy and tactics for prevention.
Publication Details
- Publisher: E.Arnold
- ISBN-10: 0340501278
- ISBN-13: 978-0340600603
- Dewey Decimal: 616.312
- ECHO Library: 616.312 WAT