Maternal sociocultural status: A novel assessment of risk for the birth of small for gestational age, low birth weight infants

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Arif, Manzoor A ^a   Qureshi, Aslam H ^a   Jafarey, Sadiqa N ^b   Alam, Syed E ^b   Arif, Khuram ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cultural; LBW; Maternal risk factor; SGA; Social

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031878705     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1998.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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