Efficacy of mid-upper arm circumference in identification, follow-up and discharge of malnourished children during nutrition rehabilitation

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 268-277

  Mogendi, Joseph Birundu ^a,c   De Steur, Hans ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a   Saeed, Hibbah Araba ^b   Makokha, Anselimo ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; MUAC; Nutrition rehabilitation; Recovery; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930835462     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2015.9.3.268     Document Type: Article

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