Maternal Ramadan fasting and neonatal health

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 748-750

  Kavehmanesh, Zohreh ^a   Abolghasemi, Hassan ^a  

^a Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University Baqyatallah Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOSLEM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10244270596     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211189     Document Type: Article

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