Physical Activity and Pregnancy Outcome in Rural Undernourished Women

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1017-1022

  Agarwal, Sonika ^a,c   Agarwal, Anika ^a   Agarwal, K N ^a   Agarwal, D K ^a   Bansal, Ajay ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0035459739     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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