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

Lee, Anne CC; Katz, Joanne; Blencowe, Hannah; Cousens, Simon; Kozuki, Naoko; Vogel, Joshua P.; Adair, Linda S.; Baqui, Abdullah H; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Caulfield, Laura E.; Christian, Parul; Clarke, Siân E.; Ezzati, Majid; Fawzi, Wafaie; González, Rogelio; Huybregts, Lieven; Kariuki, Simon; Kolsteren, Patrick; Lusingu, John; Marchant, Tanya; Merialdi, Mario; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Mullany, Luke C.; Ndirangu, James; Newell, Marie‐Louise; Nien, Jyh Kae; Osrin, David; Roberfroid, Dominique; Rosen, Heather; Sania, Ayesha; Silveira, Mariângela Freitas da; Tielsch, James M.; Vaidya, Anjana; Willey, Barbara; Lawn, Joy E; Black, Robert E.

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(13)70006-8

articleThe Lancet Global HealthJun 25, 2013GOLD OA

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

ACAnne CC Lee JKJoanne Katz HBHannah Blencowe SCSimon Cousens NKNaoko Kozuki

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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 birthweight (

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Term (time)
Low and middle income countries
Gestational age
Demography
Developing country
Demographic economics
Geography
Medicine

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