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Assessment of Under Nutrition of Bangladeshi Adults Using Anthropometry: Can Body Mass Index Be Replaced by Mid-Upper-Arm-Circumference?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Body-mass-index (BMI) is widely accepted as an indicator of nutritional status in adults. Mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC) is another anthropometric-measure used primarily among children. The present study attempted to evaluate the use of MUAC as a simpler alternative to...

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Publicado en:PLoS One
Autores principales: Sultana, Tania, Karim, Md. Nazmul, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md. Iqbal
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397021/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25875397
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121456
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