Determinants of low birthweight among the Mendi of Sierra Leone: implications for medical and socio-economic strategies

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 103-109

  Aitken, I W ^a  

^a Former MCH Supervisor   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Malaria; Nutrition; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Seasonality; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; ECLAMPSIA; EXERTION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SIERRA LEONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024987933     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(90)90581-5     Document Type: Article

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