Physician's manual on malnutrition / edited by Florentino S. Solon and Rodolfo F. Florentino. - Makati City, Philippines : Nutrition Center of the Philippines, c1977 - xvii, 136 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Nutrition and community health -- Chapter 2. Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and assessment of malnutrition -- Chapter 3. Protein - energy malnutrition -- Chapter 4. Vitamin deficiencies -- Chapter 5. Mineral deficiences -- Chapter 6. Medical management management of the severely malnourished -- Chapter 7. Dietary management of the severely malnourished -- Chapter 8. Assessment of recovery -- Chapter 9. Preventive health care -- Chapter 10. Surveillance.

The presence of malnutrition as a major health problem points out the need to pursue concerted efforts towards the prevention and management of this crippling disorder.


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RC 620.5 .P49 1977