Low birth weight in developing countries

Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2009, Pages 148-162

  Qadir, Maqbool ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84858441005     PISSN: 10175989     EISSN: 16623886     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000165998     Document Type: Article

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