Can we reduce the number of low-birth-weight babies? the Cuban experience

Neonatology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-197

  Lopez, Nacyra Bonet ^a   Choonara, Imti ^b  

^a Department of Provincial Health ^*  (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuba; Intrauterine growth retardation; Low birth weight; Mortality; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; CUBA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPERIENCE; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 51749107736     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155649     Document Type: Review

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