Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-28

  Khan, Nusrat ^a   Jamfal, Mahmood ^a  

^a Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antenatal P V bleeding; Birth intervals; Low birth weight; Maternal hypertension; Maternal malnutrition; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEONATOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; VAGINA BLEEDING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0344406784     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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