Identifying acute malnutrition - Do we have an answer for policy makers?

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Meyer, Rosan ^a   Marino, Luise ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Mid upper arm circumference; Therapeutic nutrition program; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

EID: 85075778230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-016-0060-z     Document Type: Article

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