WHO guidelines for management of severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals: effect on case fatality and the influence of operational factors.

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  2004-04-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15894-7PMID 15064029
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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