Open AccessDeterminants of severe acute malnutrition among children under five years in a rural remote setting: A hospital based study from district Tharparkar-Sindh, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Aurangzeb Sand,
Ramesh Kumar,
Babar Tasneem Shaikh,
Ratana Somrongthong,
Assad Hafeez,
Dalpat Rai
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.342.14977
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , malnutrition , severe acute malnutrition , poverty , psychological intervention , pediatrics , under five , district hospital , environmental health , family medicine , nursing , pathology , economics , economic growth
To understand and catalogue the specific determinants of this alarming rate of malnutrition among children of Tharparkar district, Sindh Pakistan.