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Validation of the foot length measure as an alternative tool to identify low birth weight and preterm babies in a low-resource setting like Nepal: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The majority of infants who die in the neonatal period are born with a low birth weight (LBW, <2500 grams), or prematurely (before 37 weeks). Most deaths among these infants could be prevented with simple, low-cost interventions like kangaroo mother care (KMC) or prevention and early...

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Autores principales: KC, Ashish, Nelin, Viktoria, Vitrakoti, Ravi, Aryal, Surabhi, Målqvist, Mats
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25928804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0361-4