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Assessment of Under Nutrition of Bangladeshi Adults Using Anthropometry: Can Body Mass Index Be Replaced by Mid-Upper-Arm-Circumference?
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Body-mass-index (BMI) is widely accepted as an indicator of nutritional status in adults. Mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC) is another anthropometric-measure used primarily among children. The present study attempted to evaluate the use of MUAC as a simpler alternative to...
Autores principales: | Sultana, Tania, Karim, Md. Nazmul, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md. Iqbal |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397021/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25875397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121456 |
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