National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

Background: National estimates for the numbers of babies born small for gestational age and the comorbidity with preterm birth are unavailable. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age (term-SGA and preterm-SGA), and the relation to low birthweig...

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Main Authors: Dr. Anne CC Lee, MD, Joanne Katz, ScD, Hannah Blencowe, MRCPCH, Simon Cousens, DipMathStat, Naoko Kozuki, MSPH, Joshua P Vogel, MBBS, Linda Adair, PhD, Abdullah H Baqui, DrPH, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Laura E Caulfield, PhD, Parul Christian, DrPH, Siân E Clarke, PhD, Majid Ezzati, PhD, Wafaie Fawzi, DrPH, Rogelio Gonzalez, PhD, Lieven Huybregts, PhD, Simon Kariuki, PhD, Patrick Kolsteren, PhD, John Lusingu, PhD, Tanya Marchant, PhD, Mario Merialdi, MD, Aroonsri Mongkolchati, PhD, Luke C Mullany, PhD, James Ndirangu, MSc, Marie-Louise Newell, PhD, Jyh Kae Nien, MD, David Osrin, PhD, Dominique Roberfroid, PhD, Heather E Rosen, MPP, Ayesha Sania, PhD, Mariangela F Silveira, PhD, James Tielsch, PhD, Anjana Vaidya, PhD, Barbara A Willey, PhD, Joy E Lawn, PhD, Robert E Black, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-07-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X13700068

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