Weight gain during pregnancy - A key factor in perinatal and infant mortality

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 733-743

  Agarwal, D K ^a   Agarwal, K N ^a,b   Satya, K ^a   Agarwal, S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Perinatal mortality; Pregnancy weight gain

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ARM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032130252     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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