Measuring malnutrition -The role of Z scores and the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF)
<b>Background : </b> The current WHO recommendation is to use the Z-Score or SD system to grade undernutrition which allows us to measure all the three indices and express the results in terms of Z scores or standard deviation units from the median of the international reference populati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2007;volume=32;issue=1;spage=35;epage=39;aulast=Seetharaman |