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Can mid-upper arm circumference and calf circumference be the proxy measures to detect undernutrition among elderly? Findings of a community-based survey in rural Puducherry, India

INTRODUCTION: Major proportion of the elderly with under nutrition is undetected in the community. One of the feasible ways to detect under nutrition among elderly would be screening in the field settings. in this study, we aimed to identify the utility of alternate anthropometric measures such as m...

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Autores principales: Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi, Jayalakshmy, R., Yousuf, Arjumand, Singh, Arvind Kumar, Ramaswamy, Gomathi, Palanivel, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29302547
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_357_16

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