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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Tapes and Measurement Discrepancies: Time to Standardize Product Specifications and Reporting
In recent years, community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) has revolutionized the care for children by increasing treatment coverage. Critical to the success of CMAM is early case identification. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement is a widely used, practical anthropometric...
Autores principales: | Rana, Ritu, Barthorp, Hatty, McGrath, Marie, Kerac, Marko, Myatt, Mark |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Global Health: Science and Practice
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8691892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34933994 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00273 |
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