Monitoring low birth weight: an evaluation of international estimates and an updated estimation procedure
OBJECTIVE: To critically examine the data used to produce estimates of the proportion of infants with low birth weight in developing countries and to describe biases in these data. To assess the effect of adjustment procedures on the estimates and propose a modified estimation procedure for internat...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
The World Health Organization
2005-03-01
|
| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862005000300010&lng=en&tlng=en |