Incidence and factors leading to low birth weight in Egypt

International Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-230

  Mansour, E ^d   Eissa, Ashraf Nabil ^a,b   Nofal, L M ^c   Kharboush, I ^c   Wagida, A ^a   Sallam, I ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^c High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^d Ministry of Health and Population ^*

Author keywords

Egypt; Low birth weight (LBW)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0036457945     PISSN: 08856265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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