Data on birth weight in developing countries: Can surveys help?;Datos sobre el peso al nacer en paises en desarrollo: ?son utiles las encuestas?

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-95

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

^a TANESA   (Tanzania)

^b TANESA Project   (Tanzania)

^c Consultor Independiente ^*  (United States)

^d MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA SOURCE; STATISTICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NORTH AFRICA; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031917429     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49891998000200004     Document Type: Article

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