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Assessing effectiveness of a novel mid-upper arm circumference Z-score tape in a community setting in Guatemala
BACKGROUND: Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) is an independent anthropometric measurement used to identify malnutrition in children. While much research has been dedicated to applying fixed estimates of MUAC to identify cases of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age, far less has been done...
Autores principales: | Miller, Mikaela A., Mallory, Kristen, Escobedo, Manolo, Tarot, Ana Cecilia, Abdel-Rahman, Susan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31592316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-019-0370-0 |
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