Chest and occipito-frontal circumference measurements in the detection of low birth weight among Nigerian newborns of Igbo ethnicity

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation has recommended the use of anthropometric measurements as birth weight surrogates. However, it has been found that cut-off points for these anthropometric measurements vary across nations and ethnic groups. OBJECTIVES: To determine the predictive values of c...

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Autores principales: Ndu, Ikenna K, Ibeziako, Stella N, Obidike, Egbuna O, Adimora, Gilbert N, Edelu, Benedict O, Chinawa, Josephat M, Asinobi, Isaac N, Uleanya, Nwachinemere D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25348818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-014-0081-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25348818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-014-0081-7

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