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A cohort study of low birth weight and health outcomes in the first year of life, Ghana
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of birth weight on infant mortality, illness and care seeking in rural Ghana. METHODS: Using randomized controlled trial data, we compared infants weighing 2.00–2.49, 1.50–1.99 and < 1.50 kg with non-low-birth-weight infants. We generated adjusted mortality ha...
Autores principales: | O’Leary, Maureen, Edmond, Karen, Floyd, Sian, Newton, Sam, Thomas, Gyan, Thomas, Sara L |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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World Health Organization
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804169 http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.180273 |
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