Does the 65 cm height cut-off as age proxy exclude children eligible for nutritional assessment in Bangladesh?

SETTING: Kamrangirchar slum, Dhaka, Bangladesh.OBJECTIVE: During nutritional surveys and in circumstances when it is difficult to ascertain children's age, length/height cut-offs are used as proxy for age to sample children aged 6-59 months. In a context of prevalent stunting, using data from p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Public health action 2012-12, Vol.2 (4), p.103-106
Hauptverfasser:	Ali, E., Zachariah, R., Hinderaker, S. G., Satyanarayana, S., Kizito, W., Alders, P., Shams, Z., Allaouna, M., Draguez, B., Delchevalerie, P., Enarson, D. A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Height Malnutrition Nutrition Survey Operational Research
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