Risk factors associated with preterm labour

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Begum, F ^a   Buckshe, K ^b   Pande, J N ^b  

^a SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0942288099     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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