Analysis of variation of mid-upper arm circumference and weight-for-height in children for the assessment of malnutrition in populations and individuals

Death from hunger and starvation can be avoided with appropriate diagnosis and treatment if the necessary knowledge and resources are available. The current definitions of acute malnutrition are based either upon a weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) below -2 standard deviations of the international ref...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grellety Bosviel, Emmanuel
Other Authors: Donnen, Philippe
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Universite Libre de Bruxelles 2019
Subjects:
WHZ
SAM
Online Access:https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/283364/5/contratGRELLETY.pdf
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/283364/4/Table-of-contents-E-Grellety-ULB-PhD-20181106.docx
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/283364/3/Thesis-E-Grellety-ULB-PhD-20181106.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/283364