Use of upper arm anthropometry, upper arm muscle area-by-height (UAMAH) and midupper- arm-circumference (MUAC)-for-height as indicators of body composition and nutritional status among children
Upper arm anthropometry has a potential role to provide useful estimations of body composition and nutritional status. Aims of the present cross-sectional study were to assess body composition and nutritional status of rural school-going children using upper arm anthropometric measures such as upper...
Main Authors: | Debnath Sampriti, Mondal Nitish, Sen Jaydip |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Lodz University Press
2017-03-01
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Series: | Anthropological Review |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2017-0004 |
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