Weight and length at birth: The role of maternal nutrition;Longitud y peso al nacer: El papel de la nutricion materna

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-126

  González Cossío, Teresa ^a   Sanín, Luz Helena ^b   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a   Rivera, Juan ^a   Hu, Howard ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Birth length; Birth weight; Mexico; Mother nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEXICO; MODEL; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0031805207     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36341998000200003     Document Type: Article

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