Birth Weight Patterns in Rural Undernourished Pregnant Women

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 244-253

  Agarwal, S ^a,b   Agarwal, A ^a   Bansal, A K ^a   Agarwal, D K ^a   Agarwal, K N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal girth; Birthweight; Fundal height; Low birth weight; Maternal undernutrition; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0036514928     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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