Rapid risk household screening by neonatal arm circumference: Results from a cohort study in rural Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 962-974

  Benzler, Justus ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a,b  

^a Heidelberg Medical School   (Germany)

^b Abt Tropenhygiene/Offentliches G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Burkina Faso; Child mortality; Household; Neonatal arm Circumference; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; RURAL AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERINATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SEASON; TWINS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0032447314     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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