Mid upper arm circumference as a predictor of risk of mortality in children in a low resource setting in India.

OBJECTIVE:In this secondary analysis of data from an intervention trial, we assessed the performance of Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as a predictor of mortality in children aged 6-59 months from Delhi, India, one year after their initial MUAC measurements were taken. Additionally, we assessed...

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Main Authors: Sunita Taneja, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan, Sarmila Mazumder, Nita Bhandari, Jasmine Kaur, Nikita Arya, Ranadip Chowdhury, Jose Carlos Martines, Rajiv Bahl, M K Bhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5983511?pdf=render