Costs associated with Low Birth Weight in a rural area of Southern Mozambique

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sicuri, Elisa ^a,b   Bardají, Azucena ^a   Sigauque, Betuel ^c,d   Maixenchs, Maria ^a,c   Nhacolo, Ariel ^c   Nhalungo, Delino ^c   Macete, Eusebio ^c   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b,c   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; COST; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RURAL POPULATION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 83155183279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028744     Document Type: Article

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