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Determinants of low birth weight in neonates born in three hospitals in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana, 2016- an unmatched case-control study

BACKGROUND: Each year, about 20 million Low Birth Weight (LBW) babies are born with very high proportion (96.5%) occuring in developing countries. In the last decade, the incidence of LBW in Ghana has not declined. Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana recorded a LBW prevalence of 11% which was higher than th...

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Autores principales: Adam, Zakariah, Ameme, Donne Kofi, Nortey, Priscillia, Afari, Edwin Andrew, Kenu, Ernest
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31096938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2315-6