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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Pubblicato in:J Nutr Metab
Autori principali: Abitew, Dereje Birhanu, Yalew, Alemayehu Worku, Bezabih, Afework Mulugeta, Bazzano, Alessandra N.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Hindawi 2021
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Accesso online: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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