Pregnancy in Adolescents: A Study of Risks and Outcome in Eastern Nepal

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1405-1409

  Sharma, Arun Kr ^a,b   Verma, K ^a   Khatri, S ^a   Kannan, A T ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035657094     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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