Birthweight and perinatal mortality among singletons and twins in north-eastern Tanzania

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 761-768

  Habib, Ndema Abu ^a   Daltveit, Anne Kjersti ^b   Lie, Rolv Terje ^b   Mlay, Joseph ^c   Oneko, Olola ^d   Shao, John ^d   Bergsjø, Per ^e   Lie Nielsen, Erik ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Mbeya Referral Hospital Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; birthweight; perinatal mortality; Tanzania; twinning rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OCCUPATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; TWINS;

EID: 51049085116     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808089559     Document Type: Article

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