Mid-upper arm circumference in detection of weight-for-height Z-score below −3 in children aged 6–59 months

To evaluate the predictive ability of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for detecting severe wasting (weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ)

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Hauptverfasser: Kapil, Umesh, Pandey, RM, Bansal, Rahul, Pant, Bhavana, Varshney, Amit Mohan, Yadav, Chander Prakash, Sinha, Shikha, Sareen, Neha, Sachdev, Harshpal Singh
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Body composition
Body height
Body Height - physiology
Body Weight - physiology
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Diagnostic systems
Edema
Families & family life
Female
Girls
Health surveys
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infant
Male
Malnutrition
Nutrition
Nutritional Status and Body Composition
Reference Values
Research Papers
ROC Curve
Rural areas
Sensitivity
Studies
Weight
title Mid-upper arm circumference in detection of weight-for-height Z-score below −3 in children aged 6–59 months
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