Anthropometric surrogates to identify low birth weight Nepalese newborns: a hospital-based study

BACKGROUND: In Nepal, more than 90% of the deliveries take place at home where birth weight is often not recorded. In developing countries, low birth weight (LBW, <2500 grams) accounts for 60–80% of neonatal deaths. Early identification and referral of LBW babies for extra essential newborn care...

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Autores principales: Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T, Chuni, Neena, Patil, Rajkumar, Singh, Dela, Shakya, Brishna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2387142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2387142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-16

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