Estimating the burden of ‘weighing less’: A systematic review and meta-analysis of low birth-weight in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 73-81

  Bhilwar, Meenakshi ^a   Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash ^a   Yadav, Kapil ^b   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Chinnakali, Palanivel ^d   Sinha, Smita ^c   Kant, Shashi ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INDIA; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84984653414     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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