Comparison of weight-for-height and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) in a therapeutic feeding programme in South Sudan: Is MUAC alone a sufficient criterion for admission of children at high risk of mortality?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2575-2581

  Grellety, Emmanuel ^a   Krause, L Kendall ^b   Shams Eldin, Manal ^c   Porten, Klaudia ^a   Isanaka, Sheila ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b Montevia Health   (United States)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Admission criteria; Child malnutrition; Community based management of acute malnutrition; Mid upper arm circumference; Weight for height Z score

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH SUDAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH SUDAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84941897117     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015000737     Document Type: Article

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