Assessment of Under Nutrition of Bangladeshi Adults Using Anthropometry: Can Body Mass Index Be Replaced by Mid-Upper-Arm-Circumference?

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Tania Sultana,

Affiliation Center for Nutrition and Food Security, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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Md. Nazmul Karim,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine; Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, The Alfred, 99 commercial road, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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Tahmeed Ahmed,

Affiliation Center for Nutrition and Food Security, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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Md. Iqbal Hossain

* E-mail: ihossain@icddrb.org

Affiliations Center for Nutrition and Food Security, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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