Concordance between the estimates of wasting measured by weight-for-height and by mid-upper arm circumference for classification of severity of nutrition crisis: analysis of population-representative surveys from humanitarian settings

BACKGROUND: Despite frequent use of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to assess populations at risk of nutrition emergencies, as well as evidence that measurement of children based on MUAC identifies different children than weight-for-height (WHZ) as wasted, no crisis classification thresholds base...

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Autores principales: Bilukha, Oleg, Leidman, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-018-0232-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-018-0232-0

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