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Determining an anthropometric surrogate measure for identifying low birth weight babies in Uganda: a hospital-based cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 is dependent on significantly reducing neonatal mortality. Low birth weight is an underlying factor in most neonatal deaths. In developing countries the missed opportunity for providing life saving care is mainly a result of failure to identify low...

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Autores principales: Elizabeth, Nabiwemba L, Christopher, Orach Garimoi, Patrick, Kolsteren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23587297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-54