Maternal age, parity and gestational age on the size of the newborn in Addis Ababa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 468-471

  Feleke, Y ^a   Enquoselassie, F ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDIES;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033238222     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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