Comparison of clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of children selected for treatment of severe acute malnutrition using mid upper arm circumference and/or weight-for-height Z-Score

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Isanaka, Sheila ^a   Guesdon, Benjamin ^b   Labar, Amy S ^b   Hanson, Kerstin ^c   Langendorf, Celine ^d   Grais, Rebecca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Action Contre la Faim   (France)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT Z SCORE; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84945928986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137606     Document Type: Article

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