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background: current evidence consistently confirm inequalities in health status among socioeconomic groups, gender, ethnicity, geographical area and other social determinants of health (sdh), which adversely influence health of the population. sdh refer to a wide range of factors not limited to social component, but also involve economic, cultural, educational, political or environmental proble...

the reference charts for mid upper arm (muac), chest (chc) and head (hc) circumferences of a cohort of 317 healthy infants (153 boys and 164 girls) born in shiraz (southern iran) and monitored from birth for 2 years are presented. centiles for muac and hc lie below the netherlands and us subjects respectively. however, there is no suggestion of ill health for iranian subjects. the use of locall...

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