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Severe acute malnutrition and mortality in children in the community: Comparison of indicators in a multi-country pooled analysis
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to describe the mortality risk of children in the community who had severe acute malnutrition (SAM) defined by either a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) <115mm, a low weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) <-3 or both criteria. METHODS: We pooled individual-level data fr...
Autores principales: | Schwinger, Catherine, Golden, Michael H., Grellety, Emmanuel, Roberfroid, Dominique, Guesdon, Benjamin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684062/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31386678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219745 |
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