Concordance between estimates of acute malnutrition measured by weight-for-height and by mid-upper arm circumference after age adjustment: population-representative surveys from humanitarian settings

BACKGROUND: Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and weight-for-height (WHZ) are commonly used indicators to identify acute malnutrition. However, MUAC and WHZ diagnose different children, and produce prevalence estimates that are meaningfully different. Previous research in Somalia has suggested impr...

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Vydáno v:BMC Nutr
Hlavní autoři: Leidman, Eva, Couture, Alexia, Hulland, Erin, Bilukha, Oleg
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: BioMed Central 2019
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050908/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32153952
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-019-0301-z
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