An uncertainty estimate of the prevalence of stunting in national surveys: the need for better precision

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: Santu Ghosh (Зохиогч), Nirupama Shivakumar (Зохиогч), Sulagna Bandyopadhyay (Зохиогч), Harshpal S. Sachdev (Зохиогч), Anura V. Kurpad (Зохиогч), Tinku Thomas (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Нөхцлүүд: article
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Abstract Background Stunting is determined by using the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standard which was developed using precise measurements. However, it is unlikely that large scale surveys maintain the same level of rigour and precision when measuring the height of children. The po...