Socioeconomic inequalities in low birth weight in South Asia: A comparative analysis using Demographic and Health Surveys

• Main Authors: Nusrat Jahan Sathi (Author), Benojir Ahammed (Author), Khorshed Alam (Author), Rubayyat Hashmi (Author), Ka Yiu Lee (Author), Syed Afroz Keramat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) continues to be a prominent universal cause of various short- and long-term health hazards throughout infancy and adulthood. However, no study has revealed the socioeconomic inequalities in LBW among South Asian countries. This study assesses the socioeconomic ineq...