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Evaluation of Arm Circumference as a Public Health Index of Protein Energy Malnutrition in Early Childhood

M. I. VELZEBOER, B. J. Selwyn, F. Sargent, Ernesto Pollitt, Hernán Delgado

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics · 1983 · 23 citations · 0 references

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AgricultureNutritionPediatricsChild NutritionHuman NutritionPediatric NutritionEarly Childhood NutritionEarly-life NutritionMalnutritionUndernutritionAbdominal Circumference AssessmentChildhood MalnutritionMid-upper Arm CircumferenceMid-upper Arm Muscle CircumferencePediatric MalnutritionPediatric Nutritional AssessmentProtein MalnutritionProtein-energy Nutrition

Abstract

MARIJKE I. VELZEBOER, PH, BEATRICE J. SELWYN, RN, ScD., FREDERICK SARGENT, II, MD, ERNESTO POLLITT, PhD, HERNAN DELGADO, MD, MPH; Evaluation of Arm Circumf