Birthweight recall by mothers of Israeli children

Public Health

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-163

  Gofin, R ^a   Neumark, Y D ^a   Adler, B ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Israel; Maternal recall

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; KNOWLEDGE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

EID: 0034121248     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900626     Document Type: Article

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