Current MUAC Cut-Offs to Screen for Acute Malnutrition Need to Be Adapted to Gender and Age: The Example of Cambodia

BACKGROUND: Early identification of children <5 yrs with acute malnutrition is a priority. Acute malnutrition is defined by the World Health Organization as a mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) <12.5 cm or a weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) <-2. MUAC is a simple and low-cost indicator to scr...

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Autores principales: Fiorentino, Marion, Sophonneary, Prak, Laillou, Arnaud, Whitney, Sophie, de Groot, Richard, Perignon, Marlène, Kuong, Khov, Berger, Jacques, Wieringa, Frank T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4739613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26840899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146442

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4739613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26840899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146442

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