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Comparing the accuracy of an ultrasound height measurement device with a wooden measurement board among children aged 2–5 years in rural Lao People’s Democratic Republic: A methods-comparison study

BACKGROUND: Height is a key component of nutrition assessments in children from limited-resource settings. This study aimed to assess whether handheld digital ultrasound devices for measuring children’s height provide comparable accuracy to traditional measurement boards, which are bulky and difficu...

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Autores principales:	Huang, Shan, Conkle, Joel, Homer, Caroline S. E., Kounnavong, Sengchanh, Phongluxa, Khampheng, Vogel, Joshua P.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10656007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37976269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289514

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