Screening maternal acute malnutrition using adult mid-upper arm circumference in resource-poor settings

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 132-134

  Kumar, Praveen ^a   Sareen, Neha ^d   Agrawal, Sutapa ^b   Kathuria, Nishtha ^d   Yadav, Shikha ^d   Sethi, Vani ^c  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 85047341517     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_248_17     Document Type: Letter

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