Arm circumference V. Weight-for-height in nutritional assessment: Are the findings comparable?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 213-217

  Gayle, Helene D ^a   Binkin, Nancy J ^a   Staehling, Norman W ^a   Trowbridge, Frederick L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT WEIGHT RATIO; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RADIUS; SCREENING TEST; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023743939     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/34.5.213     Document Type: Article

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