Journal article
Diagnostic performance of visible severe wasting for identifying severe acute malnutrition in children admitted to hospital in Kenya.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the diagnostic value of visible severe wasting in identifying severe acute malnutrition at two public hospitals in Kenya. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of children aged 6 to 59.9 months admitted to one rural and one urban hospital. On admission, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight and height were measured and the presence of visible severe wasting was assessed. The diagnostic performance of visible severe wasting was evaluated against anthropometric...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Volume:
- 89
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 900-906
- Publication date:
- 2011-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1564-0604
- ISSN:
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0042-9686
- Source identifiers:
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221514
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:221514
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- pubs:221514
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
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