Comparison of the New World Health Organization Growth Standards and the National Center for Health Statistics Growth Reference Regarding Mortality of Malnourished Children Treated in a 2006 Nutrition Program in Niger
Author(s) -
Nancy M. Dale,
Rebecca F. Grais,
Andrea Minetti,
Juhani Miettola,
Noël C. Barengo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.540
Subject(s) - health statistics , medicine , environmental health , malnutrition , developing country , demography , pediatrics , population , economic growth , sociology , pathology , economics
To compare the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) international growth reference with the new World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards for identification of the malnourished (wasted) children most at risk of death.
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