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Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Volume 2014, Article ID 361451, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361451
Research Article

References of Birth Weights for Gestational Age and Sex from a Large Cohort of Singleton Births in Cameroon

Jean Dupont Kemfang Ngowa,1 Irénée Domkam,2 Anny Ngassam,1 Georges Nguefack-Tsague,3 Walter Dobgima Pisoh,1 Cyrille Noa,1 and Jean Marie Kasia1

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde General Hospital, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 5408, Yaounde, Cameroon
2Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management, P.O. Box 3077, Yaounde, Cameroon
3Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 1364, Yaounde, Cameroon

Received 19 January 2014; Accepted 4 April 2014; Published 12 May 2014

Academic Editor: Marc J. N. C. Keirse

Copyright © 2014 Jean Dupont Kemfang Ngowa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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