Low birthweight babies: Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of adolescent mothers at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 543-546

  Wasunna, A ^a   Mohammed, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036824625     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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