Increase in birthweight coverage of neonatal deaths is needed to monitor low birthweight prevalence in India: lessons from the National Family Health Survey

BACKGROUND: Low birthweight (LBW), defined as birthweight < 2500gms, is the largest contributor to the malnutrition disability-adjusted-live-years in India. We report on the inadequacy of birthweight data, which is a significant barrier in the understanding of LBW epidemiology, to address malnutr...

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Autores principales: Dandona, Rakhi, Paul, Arpita, Kumar, G. Anil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10386228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37516857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05865-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10386228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37516857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05865-2

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