Comparison of Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference and Weight-For-Height Z-Score in Identifying Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are identified for admission to outpatient therapeutic programs using mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) or weight for height (WHZ). However, MUAC and WHZ do not identify the same children, and such observed differences might have programmatic implicatio...

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Autores principales: Abitew, Dereje Birhanu, Yalew, Alemayehu Worku, Bezabih, Afework Mulugeta, Bazzano, Alessandra N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8116145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34035957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8830494

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8116145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34035957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8830494

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