Monitoring low birth weight: An evaluation of international estimates and an updated estimation procedure

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-185

  Blanc, Ann K ^a   Wardlaw, Tessa ^b  

^a Blancroft Research International   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (Epidemiology); Birth weight; Data interpretation, Statistical; Developing countries; Health surveys; Infant, Low birth weight; Research design standards

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; WEIGHT;

CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; MISREPORTING; MONITORING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15244346638     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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