Birthweight and neonatal outcome at the Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 382-387

  Manji, K P ^a,b   Massawe, A W ^a   Mgone, J M ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032113593     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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