Incidence and recurrence risk of low birth weight in Northern Tanzania: A registry based study

Miriam H. Mvunta; Innocent B. Mboya; Sia E. Msuya; Beatrice John; Joseph Obure; Michael J. Mahande

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0215768

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Incidence and recurrence risk of low birth weight in Northern Tanzania: A registry based study

Miriam H. Mvunta,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Innocent B. Mboya ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ib.mboya@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-5879

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Sia E. Msuya,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Beatrice John,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Joseph Obure,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania
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Michael J. Mahande

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Incidence and recurrence risk of low birth weight in Northern Tanzania: A registry based study

Miriam H. Mvunta,
Innocent B. Mboya,
Sia E. Msuya,
Beatrice John,
Joseph Obure,
Michael J. Mahande

Published: April 22, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215768

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