00 Paperback RJ131 From 1997 and 2003, the World Health Organization conducted the Multicentre Growth Reference Study to develop international growth standards for children younger than five years of age.
What does MGRS stand for?
MGRS stands for Multicentre Growth Reference Study
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The committee therefore, recommended the development of new references (3); this resulted in preparation a protocol for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) (5).
WHO undertook the Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS), a community-based, multi-country project involving more than eight thousand children from Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman, and the U.