Bias correction of nutritional status estimates when reported age is used for calculating WHO indicators in children under five years of age.

Objective. To assess the performance of a simple correction method for nutritional status estimates in children under five years of age when exact age is not available from the data. Materials and methods. The proposed method was based on the assumption of symmetry of age distributions within a give...

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Publicado en:	Salud Pública de México Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 351 - 358
Autores principales:	Quezada, Amado D., García-Guerra, Armando, Escobar, Leticia
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica May/Jun2016
Materias:	Nutritional status World Health Organization Health status indicators Child nutrition Bias correction (Topology)
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