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Article: The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants.(Research article)(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- BMC Public Health
- Article date:
- July 18, 2008
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Authors: Eltahir M Elshibly [1]; Gerd Schmalisch (corresponding author) [2]
Background
There is a large body of literature showing that the world wide problem of low birth weight (LBW), i.e. infants weighing
<
2500 g, is among the strongest determinants of infant mortality and morbidity. While in industrialized countries the majority of LBW infants do well, thanks to the advances of modern obstetric and neonatal care [1] the chances for intact survival of LBW infants is much lower in African and other developing countries due to inadequate or limited medical care including proper antenatal care [2, 3].
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