Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21 st standard: Analysis of CHERG datasets

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Volumn 358, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Lee, Anne C C ^a,b   Kozuki, Naoko ^c,d   Cousens, Simon ^e   Stevens, Gretchen A ^f   Blencowe, Hannah ^e   Silveira, Mariangela F ^g   Sania, Ayesha ^h   Rosen, Heather E ^d   Schmiegelow, Christentze ⁱ   Adair, Linda S ^j,k   Baqui, Abdullah H ^d   Barros, Fernando C ^l   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^m,n   Caulfield, Laura E ^d   Christian, Parul ^o   Clarke, Siân E ^e   Fawzi, Wafaie ^p   Gonzalez, Rogelio ^q,r   Humphrey, Jean ^d,s   Huybregts, Lieven ^t,u   Kariuki, Simon ^v,w   Kolsteren, Patrick ^t   Lusingu, John ^i,x   Manandhar, Dharma ^y   Mongkolchati, Aroonsri ^z   Mullany, Luke C ^d   Ndyomugyenyi, Richard ^aa   Nien, Jyh Kae ^ab,ac   Roberfroid, Dominique ^ad   Saville, Naomi ^y,ae   Terlouw, Dianne J ^af,ag   Tielsch, James M ^ah   Victora, Cesar G ^g   Velaphi, Sithembiso C ^ai   Watson Jones, Deborah ^e,aj   Willey, Barbara A ^e   Ezzati, Majid ^ak   Lawn, Joy E ^e   Black, Robert E ^d   Katz, Joanne ^d   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

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

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

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^h Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^l CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁿ AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^o BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^p HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^q PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^r CLÍNICA SANTA MARÍA   (Chile)

^s Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research   (Zimbabwe)

^t GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^u INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^v KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^w Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^x NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^y Maternal and Infant Research Activities   (Nepal)

^z MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^aa MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^ab Section of Gastroenterology   (Chile)

^ac UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^ad BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^ae UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^af LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^ah GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^aj Mwanza Centre TZ   (Tanzania)

^ak IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOUTH ASIA; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 85028680362     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3677     Document Type: Article

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