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, Ac; Woman and Child Health Research Center, Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Belgium; Katz, Joanne; Blencowe, Hannah; Cousens, Simon; Vogel, Jp; Kozuki, Naoko; Caulfield, Le; Clarke, Se; Mullany, Lc; Newell, Ml; Nien, Jk; Rosen, He; Adair, Linda; Lawn, Je; Black, Re; Cherg Sga, Preterm Birth Working Group; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD USA; Department of Newborn Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA USA Electronic address: alee6@partners O.-R.-G.; Christian, Parul; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore; Ezzati, Majid; Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Fawzi, Wafaie; School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Western Australia Crawley WA Australia; UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) Department of Reproductive; Gonzalez, Rogelio; Huybregts, Lieven; University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill NC; Kariuki, Simon; Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan; Kolsteren, Patrick; Faculty of Infectious Disease and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Malaria Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Lusingu, John; Mrc-Hpa Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health Imperial College London London UK; Marchant, Tanya; Merialdi, Mario; Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA USA; Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA USA; Department of Global Health and Population Harvard School of Public Health Boston; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Pontificia Universidad Cat??lica de Chile, School of Medicine and Cl??nica Santa Mar??a Santiago Chile; Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Ghent University Ghent Belgium; Woman and Child Health Research Center Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Belgium; Ndirangu, James; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya Kisumu Kenya; National Institute Medical Research, Tanga Tanzania; Faculty of Infectious Disease and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Malaria Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Maternal Reproductive and Child Health Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland; Fetal Maternal Medicine Unit, Clinica Davila and Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Los Andes Santiago Chile; Osrin, David; Institute for Global Health, University College London Institute of Child Health London UK; Roberfroid, Dominique; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Boston; Programa de P??sgraduacao em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas Pelotas RS Brazil; Sania, Ayesha; Department of Global Health, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Washington DC; Silveira, Mariangela F.; Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Malaria Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Maternal Reproductive and Child Health Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Tielsch, James; Vaidya, Anjana; Maternal Reproductive and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK; Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children USA Washington DC; Willey, Barbara A.; Baqui, Ah; Bhutta, Za; Asean Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University Nakhon Pathom Thailand; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Kwa-Zulu Natal South Africa; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Kwa-Zulu Natal South Africa; Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics University College London Institute of Child Health London UK

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Elsevier, Lancet Global Health, 1(1), p. e26-e36, 2013

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

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

Journal article published in 2013 by Ac Lee, Department of Public Health Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Belgium Woman and Child Health Research Center, Joanne Katz, Hannah Blencowe

, Simon Cousens, Jp Vogel

, Naoko Kozuki, Le Caulfield, Se Clarke, Lc Mullany, Ml Newell, Jk Nien, He Rosen, Linda Adair, Je Lawn and other authors.

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Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. ; 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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National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010.

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