Routinely MUAC screening for severe acute malnutrition should consider the gender and age group bias in the Ethiopian non-emergency context

Early identification of children <5 years with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a high priority to reduce child mortality and improved health outcomes. Current WHO guidelines for community screening for SAM recommend a Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) of less than 115 mm to identify children...

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Autores principales: Tessema, Masresha, Laillou, Arnaud, Tefera, Abiy, Teklu, Yoseph, Berger, Jacques, Wieringa, Frank T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32271790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230502

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32271790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230502

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