Diarrhoea and Malnutrition in Childhood

• Author(s): John A. Walker-Smith, Alexander S. McNeish, British Paediatric Gastroenterology Group,
• Publisher: Butterworths
• Pages: 249
• ISBN_10: 0407004017
  ISBN_13: 9780407004016
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Gastroenterology , Medical / Nutrition , Medical / Pediatrics ,

Description:... Diarrhoea and Malnutrition in Childhood is derived from a conference of pediatric gastroenterologists from around the world, held in London at the Royal Commonwealth Society and St. Bartholomew's Hospital on November 5-7, 1984. They collaborate to create a source that would educate people from developed and developing communities regarding the topic. The book first tackles the connections between diarrhea and malnutrition, and then provides a model that further explains the relationship. The authors suggest that poverty is the main cause of the two abnormal conditions, and they refer to books ...