Maternal recall of birthweight and birth size in Entebbe, Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1465-1469

  Lule, Swaib A ^a   Webb, Emily L ^b   Ndibazza, Juliet ^a   Nampijja, Margaret ^a   Muhangi, Lawrence ^a   Akello, Florence ^c   Kakande, Muhammed ^a   Kizindo, Robert ^a   Elliott, Alison M ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Entebbe Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Reliability; Uganda; Validity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEMORY; MOTHERS EDUCATION; NEONATE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH SIZE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL RECALL; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

BIRTHWEIGHT; FIABILIDAD; FIABILITÉ; OUGANDA; PESO AL NACER; POIDS À LA NAISSANCE; RELIABILITY; UGANDA; VALIDEZ; VALIDITÉ; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

ENTEBBE; UGANDA;

EID: 84869872920     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03091.x     Document Type: Article

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