Maternal obstetric and socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: a retrospective cross-sectional study in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Birth weight is an important predictor of early neonatal mortality, morbidity, and long-term health outcomes. Annually, approximately 20 million babies are born globally with weights less than 2.5kg. In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of LBW is around 13 to 15 percent. In Ghana, 10% o...

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Autores principales: Mohammed, Shamsudeen, Bonsing, Irene, Yakubu, Ibrahim, Wondong, Winifred Porsaa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0742-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0742-5

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