Developing regional weight-for-age growth references for malaria-endemic countries to optimize age-based dosing of antimalarials

• Main Authors: Daniel J Hayes (Author), Stef van Buuren (Author), Feiko O ter Kuile (Author), D Mikis Stasinopoulos (Author), Robert A Rigby (Author), Dianne J Terlouw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective To derive regional weight-for-age growth references to help optimize age-based dosing of antimalarials in Africa, the Americas, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific. Methods A weight-for-age database was constructed from pre-existing population-based anthropometric data obtained from ho...