Identifying maternal and infant factors associated with newborn size in rural Bangladesh by partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis.

Birth weight, length and circumferences of the head, chest and arm are key measures of newborn size and health in developing countries. We assessed maternal socio-demographic factors associated with multiple measures of newborn size in a large rural population in Bangladesh using partial least squar...

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Main Authors: Alamgir Kabir, Md Jahanur Rahman, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Rolf D W Klemm, Alain B Labrique, Mahbubur Rashid, Parul Christian, Keith P West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5738092?pdf=render