Optimal Screening of Children with Acute Malnutrition Requires a Change in Current WHO Guidelines as MUAC and WHZ Identify Different Patient Groups

• Arnaud Laillou,

  Affiliation UNICEF, Maternal Child Health and Nutrition section, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Sophonneary Prak,

  Affiliation National Nutrition Program, Maternal and Child Health Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Richard de Groot,

  Affiliation Independent consultant, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Sophie Whitney,

  Affiliation World Food Programme, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Joel Conkle,

  Affiliation UNICEF, Maternal Child Health and Nutrition section, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Lindsey Horton,

  Affiliation World Food Programme, Patumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Sam Oeurn Un,

  Affiliation UNICEF, Maternal Child Health and Nutrition section, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Marjoleine A. Dijkhuizen,

  Affiliation Department of Human nutrition, Copenhagen University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

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• Frank T. Wieringa

  * E-mail: franck.wieringa@ird.fr

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 204, IRD/Montpellier1/Montpellier2/SupAgro (NUTRIPASS), Montpellier, France

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