The association between birthweight, sociodemographic variables and maternal anthropometry in an urban sample from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-401

  Karim, E ^a,b   Mascie Taylor, C G N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Epidemiol Dis Contr Res   (Bangladesh)

^c Dept of Biological Anthropology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARM; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME--WOMEN; LEG; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INCOME--WOMEN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARM; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031229777     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700005152     Document Type: Article

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