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The effects of birth weight and gender on neonatal mortality in north central Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Worldwide 15.5% of neonates are born with low birth weight, 95.6% of them in the developing countries. Prematurity accounts for 10% of neonatal mortality globally. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of birth weight and gender on neonatal outcome. FINDINGS: The data of...

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Autores principales: Onwuanaku, Caroline A, Okolo, Seline N, Ige, Kemi O, Okpe, Sylvanus E, Toma, Bose O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22195995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-562