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A validation of the PAWPER XL-MAC tape for total body weight estimation in preschool children from low- and middle-income countries

IMPORTANCE: The PAWPER tape system is one of the three most accurate paediatric weight estimation systems in the world. The latest version of the tape, which does not rely on a subjective assessment of habitus, is the PAWPER XL-MAC method which uses length and mid-arm circumference (MAC) to estimate...

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Autor principal: Wells, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30615693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210332