Reliability of mid-upper arm circumference measurements taken by community health nurses

Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-35

  Saeed, Hibbah Araba ^a,c   Mogendi, Joseph Birundu ^b,e   Akparibo, Robert ^c   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b,d  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community health nurses; Inter and intra observer variability; Mid upper arm circumference; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008883793     PISSN: 2347467X     EISSN: 23220007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12944/CRNFSJ.3.1.04     Document Type: Article

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