Measuring birth weight in developing countries: Does the method of reporting in retrospective surveys matter?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Channon, Andrew A R ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^a   McDonald, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Demographic and health surveys; Health cards; Heaping; Measurement errors; Memory recall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651407713     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0553-3     Document Type: Article

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