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Overlooking undernutrition? Using a composite index of anthropometric failure to assess how underweight misses and misleads the assessment of undernutrition in young children
In light of current international interest in the Millennium Development Goals, this short report examines the suitability of one of the primary indicators being used to assess progress. Using anthropometric data on 46,784 children aged 0–35 months in seven developing countries, we show how the weig...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Pergamon
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18299166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.021 |