Comparison of Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference and Weight-For-Height Z-Score in Identifying Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are identified for admission to outpatient therapeutic programs using mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) or weight for height (WHZ). However, MUAC and WHZ do not identify the same children, and such observed differences might have programmatic implicatio...

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Publicat a:J Nutr Metab
Autors principals: Abitew, Dereje Birhanu, Yalew, Alemayehu Worku, Bezabih, Afework Mulugeta, Bazzano, Alessandra N.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Hindawi 2021
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8116145/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34035957
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8830494
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