Anthropometric Profile and Perinatal Outcome of Babies Born to Young Women (<18 years)

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 971-976

  Malviya, M K ^c   Bhardwaj, V K ^b   Chansoria, M ^c   Khare, S ^a  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Vaibhav Apartments   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX CIRCUMFERENCE; THORAX EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0142118303     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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