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Training Module: Accurately Weighing and Measuring: Technique

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Table of Contents

1. Importance of Reliable and Accurate Measurements

2. Three Components of Accurate Measuring

3. Weighing Infants

4. Measuring Infant Length

5. Measuring Head Circumference

6. Weighing Children and Adolescents

7. Measuring Child and Adolescent Stature

8. Which Units to Use?

9. Plotting Measurement Data

10. References

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