Affiliation:
1. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, PMB 5538 Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Abstract
Low birth weight babies delivered at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria, from January 1982 to December 1986 were reviewed. They constituted 11.5070 of the total births within the period. The common aetiological factors' were multiple pregnancy, nulliparity, preterm rupture of fetal membranes, hypertensive disorders, antepartum haemorrhage and anaemia in pregnancy.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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