Low birth weight in urban Harare

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 323-326

  Sanders, J A ^a   Fawcus, S R ^b,c   Sanders, D M ^a,c   Foster, G ^a   Chinhara, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUTH; ZIMBABWE;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030275551     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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