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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
Materias:	Research Article
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

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