Anthropometric Measurements: Options for Identifying Low Birth Weight Newborns in Kumasi, Ghana

BACKGROUND: In Ghana, 32% of deliveries take place outside a health facility, and birth weight is not measured. Low birth weight (LBW) newborns who are at increased risk of death and disability, are not identified; 13%–14% of newborns in Ghana are LBW. We aimed at determining whether alternative ant...

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Autores principales: Otupiri, Easmon, Wobil, Priscilla, Nguah, Samuel Blay, Hindin, Michelle J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25226505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106712

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25226505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106712

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