Low-birthweight rates higher among Bangladeshi neonates measured during active birth surveillance compared to national survey data

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 583-594

  Klemm, Rolf D W ^a   Merrill, Rebecca D ^a   Wu, Lee ^a   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^b   Ali, Hasmot ^b   Labrique, Alain ^a   Christian, Parul ^a   West, Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JiVitA Project   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Birth; Growth; Intrauterine growth restriction; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYNDROME DELINEATION; YOUNG ADULT; BANGLADESH; HEALTH SURVEY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942550773     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12041     Document Type: Article

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