An outcome-based definition of low birthweight for births in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health

BACKGROUND: 2500 g has been used worldwide as the definition of low birthweight (LBW) for almost a century. While previous studies have used statistical approaches to define LBW cutoffs, a LBW definition using an outcome-based approach has not been evaluated. We aimed to identify an outcome-based de...

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Autores principales: Laopaiboon, Malinee, Lumbiganon, Pisake, Rattanakanokchai, Siwanon, Chaiwong, Warut, Souza, João Paulo, Vogel, Joshua P., Mori, Rintaro, Gülmezoglu, Ahmet Metin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31132994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1546-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31132994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1546-z

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