Data on birth weight in developing countries: Can surveys help?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-216

  Boerma, J T ^a   Weinstein, K I ^b   Rutstein, S O ^a   Sommerfelt, A E ^a  

^a TANESA Project   (Tanzania)

^b Macro International ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SOURCES; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIRTHWEIGHT; DATA RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029669894     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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