Diagnostic measures for severe acute malnutrition in Indian infants under 6 months of age: a secondary data analysis

BACKGROUND: Weight for length z-score (WLZ) < − 3 is currently used to define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among infants. However, this approach has important limitations for infants younger than 6 months of age as WLZ cannot be calculated using WHO growth standards if infant length is < 45...

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Autores principales: Chowdhury, Ranadip, Nitika, Choudhary, Tarun Shankar, Taneja, Sunita, Martines, Jose, Bhandari, Nita, Bahl, Rajiv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33794826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02629-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33794826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02629-9

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