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For the nutritional status of children in developing countries the anthropometric standardized scores (SD-scores) WEHE, WEAG, HEAG based on an international reference population are recommended. The evaluation of data in terms of SD-scores are widely used. This paper provides the FORTRAN-subroutine SDSC for the calculation of those scores directly refering to the reference data. The application of this subroutine is demonstrated.
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Böhning, D., Schelp, F.P. A fortran subroutine for computing indicators of the nutritional status of children and adolescents. Statistische Hefte 27, 141–150 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932563
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932563