Simplified Age-Weight Mortality Risk Classification for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Low-Resource Settings

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Rosenberg, Rebecca E ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Saha, Samir K ^c   Ahmed, A S M Nawshad U ^c,d   Chowdhury, M A K Azad ^c   Law, Paul A ^b   Choi, Yoonjoung ^a   Mullany, Luke C ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Black, Robert E ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d Kumudini Women's Medical College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 51649131142     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.051     Document Type: Article

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