Mid-arm circumference: An alternative measure for screening low birth weight babies

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Das, Jagadish C ^a   Afroze, Ainun ^b   Khanam, S T ^c   Paul, Nibedita ^d  

^a General Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^d Chittagong City Corporation Maternity Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; ARM; BODY SURFACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BANGLADESH; BODY SURFACE AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NEONATAL SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33744994335     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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