Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Based Nutrition Programming: Evidence for a New Approach in Regions with High Burden of Acute Malnutrition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Goossens, Sylvie ^a   Bekele, Yodit ^a   Yun, Oliver ^a   Harczi, Géza ^a   Ouannes, Marie ^a   Shepherd, Susan ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPEUTIC FEEDING PROGRAM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY SIZE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870005624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049320     Document Type: Article

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