The Lancet. Global health
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The Lancet. Global health · Jul 2013
National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010.
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 (<2500 g), in 138 countries of low and middle income in 2010. ⋯ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation by a grant to the US Fund for UNICEF to support the activities of the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG).