Inconsistent diagnosis of acute malnutrition by weight-for-height and mid-upper arm circumference: Contributors in 16 cross-sectional surveys from South Sudan, the Philippines, Chad, and Bangladesh

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Roberfroid, Dominique ^a,b   Huybregts, Lieven ^c   Lachat, Carl ^d   Vrijens, France ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,d   Guesdon, Benjamin ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Action Against Hunger   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHAD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING STANDING HEIGHT RATIO Z SCORE; STUNTING; SUDAN; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT; ACUTE DISEASE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH SUDAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHAD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH SUDAN;

EID: 84940179457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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