The reliability of weight-for-length/height Z scores in children.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends weight-for-length/height (WFL/H), represented as a Z score for diagnosing acute malnutrition among children aged 0 to 60 months. Under controlled conditions, weight, height and length measurements have high degree of reliability. However, the reliabilit...
Hauptverfasser: | Mwangome, M, Berkley, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Sprache: | English |
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2014
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