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Association between mid-upper arm circumference and body mass index in pregnant women to assess their nutritional status

BACKGROUND: Underweight/ Undernourished is a state when the body mass index (BMI) falls below 18.5 kg/m2 and as per National Family and Health Survey-4, 22.9% of women in the reproductive age group fall into this category. Despite being considered as an important anthropometry marker, it is not meas...

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Autores principales: Mishra, Kumar Guru, Bhatia, Vikas, Nayak, Ranjeeta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7567285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102290
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_57_20