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Abstract
Birthweight remains a good index for defining health care delivery as well as the status of the mother prenatally and during pregnancy. Birthweight is also an important assessor of neonatal viability. It varies from each community, region or nation with a 17% incidence of low birthweight in west Africa; 13.5% in east Africa; 6.8% in western Europe and 6.1% in east Asia.Keywords: Africa; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Health; Incidence; Low Birth Weight--determinants; Maternal Nutrition; Measurement; Nutrition; Physiology; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8706615
Source DB: PubMed Journal: East Afr Med J ISSN： 0012-835X