Adult malnutrition: Simple assessment techniques for use in emergencies

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Ferro Luzzi, Anna ^a   James, W P T ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Famine; Mid upper arm circumference

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030029029     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn19960105     Document Type: Article

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