Nutritional Assessment of Children Aged Twelve to Fifty Nine Months with Diarrhoea, Using Mid-upper-arm Circumference (MUAC)
Oliemen Peterside, Onyaye E. Kunle-Olowu & Felix O. Akinbami · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013
Background: Protein energy malnutrition is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children between the ages of 12 and 59 months and diarrhoea has been shown to have a bi-directional relationship with malnutrition. Mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) has been shown to be...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6710