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Is Middle-Upper Arm Circumference “normally” distributed? Secondary data analysis of 852 nutrition surveys

BACKGROUND: Wasting is a major public health issue throughout the developing world. Out of the 6.9 million estimated deaths among children under five annually, over 800,000 deaths (11.6 %) are attributed to wasting. Wasting is quantified as low Weight-For-Height (WFH) and/or low Mid-Upper Arm Circum...

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Autores principales: Frison, Severine, Checchi, Francesco, Kerac, Marko, Nicholas, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12982-016-0048-9