Assessing survey measures of infant birth weight and birth size in Ecuador

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-382

  Eggleston, Elizabeth ^a,c   Tsui, Amy Ong ^a   Fortney, Judith ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c US Agy for Intl Devmt/Paraguay   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEWBORN;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECUADOR; EVALUATION; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033934751     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000003734     Document Type: Article

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