Low birth weight babies in Sitiawan, Perak - Rural Health Survey 1997

Atiya Ab Sallam

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

The single most important determinant of newborn survival and future growth is the birth weight of the infant. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),low birth weight contributes to an estimated 9.1 million infant deaths which occur each year. ( l) it not only contributed to about 13.5% of all births at the maternity hospital in Kuala Lumpur but also to 74.8% of all deaths in 1985.

Keywords

Newborn survival, future growth, birth weight, infant, maternity hospital, Sitiawan, Perak, Rural Health Survey 1997

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)

Volume

4

Issue

1

Publisher

Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

Additional Information

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