Trend of birthweights of African newborns: An overview

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-275

  Airede, A K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTHWEIGHT; HEALTH STATUS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030114726     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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