Birthweight distribution in rural North-West Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 404-408

  Wendl Richter, H U ^a,b  

^a GLRA   (Nigeria)

^b C/o Annagret Richter ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

birthweight; Burkina Faso; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030909406     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

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