Islamic Festivals and Low Birthweight Infants

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 106-107

  Opaneye, A A ^a   Villegas, D D ^a   Azeim, Ali ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

FASTING; HOLIDAYS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0025121595     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409011000313     Document Type: Article

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