The external Ballard examination does not accurately assess the gestational age of infants born at home in a rural community of the Gambia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-204

  Taylor, R A M ^a   Denison, F C ^b   Beyai, S ^a   Owens, S ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BALLARD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GAMBIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956432679     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12786388978526     Document Type: Article

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