Comparison between weight-for-height Z-Score and mid upper arm circumference to diagnose children with acute malnutrition in five Districts in India

• Egile Nagusiak: Praveen Kumar (Egilea), Vasundhara Bijalwan (Egilea), Narendra Patil (Egilea), Abner Daniel (Egilea), Rajesh Sinha (Egilea), Richa Dua (Egilea), Anju Seth (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The World Health Organization recommends weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) or mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and bilateral pitting edema to diagnose acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months. WHZ and MUAC identify different sets of children with acute malnutrition, and overlap...