Use of Mid Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) as screening tool in an urban township in the Eastern Cape: rationale for testing changed cut-off values to identify malnutrition
Introduction Children with a weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) < -3 standard deviations (SD) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard for children less than 60 months of age have a higher mortality compared to children with a WHZ > -3 SD of this standard. The WHO therefore recommends t...
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MedPharm Publications
2017
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5233/1/MUAC%20article.PDF |