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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Tapes and Measurement Discrepancies: Time to Standardize Product Specifications and Reporting

Ritu Rana, Hatty Barthorp, Marie McGrath, Marko Kerac and Mark Myatt
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):1011-1014; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00273
Ritu Rana
aGOAL Global, Dublin, Ireland.
bIndian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
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aGOAL Global, Dublin, Ireland.
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Marie McGrath
cEmergency Nutrition Network, Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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dDepartment of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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vol. 9 no. 4 1011-1014
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https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00273
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34933994

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2169-575X
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  • Received: April 2, 2021
  • Accepted: September 9, 2021
  • Published online December 21, 2021.

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  1. Ritu Ranaa,b⇑,
  2. Hatty Barthorpa,
  3. Marie McGrathc,
  4. Marko Keracd,
  5. Mark Myatte
  1. aGOAL Global, Dublin, Ireland.
  2. bIndian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
  3. cEmergency Nutrition Network, Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
  4. dDepartment of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
  5. eBrixton Health, Llwyngwril, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom.
  1. Correspondence to Ritu Rana (riturananfgh{at}gmail.com).
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