Low birth weight and fetal anaemia as risk factors for infant morbidity in rural Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-74

  Kalanda, Boniface ^a,b   Verhoeff, Francine ^a   le Cessie, Saskia ^c   Brabin, John ^a,d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 76849100044     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v21i2.44553     Document Type: Article

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