Factors associated with size and proportionality at birth in term Jamaican infants

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-126

  Walker, Susan P ^a   Ewan Whyte, C ^a   Chang, S M ^a   Powell, C A ^a   Fletcher, H ^a   McDonald, D ^b   Grantham McGregor, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Victoria Jubilee Hospital   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Infant, Low birth weight; Jamaica; Maternal nutritional status; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcomes; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAMAICA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0041827016     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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