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It proposed a cut off value of MUAC to identify undernourished adult individuals with low BMI (<18.5 kg/m2)
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This is the first study of its kind among both male and female slum dwelling adults in Eastern India.
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This page is a summary of: The validity of mid-upper arm circumference as an indicator of low BMI in population screening for undernutrition: a study among adult slum dwellers in eastern India, Public Health Nutrition, May 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980018001301.
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