Measuring newborn foot length to identify small babies in need of extra care: a cross sectional hospital based study with community follow-up in Tanzania

• Main Authors: Penfold Suzanne (Author), Jaribu Jennie (Author), Marchant Tanya (Author), Tanner Marcel (Author), Schellenberg Joanna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Neonatal mortality because of low birth weight or prematurity remains high in many developing country settings. This research aimed to estimate the sensitivity and specificity, and the positive and negative predictive values of newbo...