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Identifying underweight in infants and children using growth charts, lookup tables and a novel “MAMI” slide chart: A cross-over diagnostic and acceptability study

Malnutrition is a leading cause of preventable deaths in infants and children. To benefit from treatment and prevention programmes, malnourished children must first be identified. Low weight-for-age is an anthropometric indicator of malnutrition which is gaining much recent attention because it is p...

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Autores principales: Monga, Meenakshi, Sikorski, Catherine, de silva, Himali, McGrath, Marie, Kerac, Marko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10468082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37647273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002303