Prevalence of low birth weight and its determinants in an urban resettlement area of Delhi

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-98

  Chhabra, P ^a,b   Sharma, A K ^a   Grover, V L ^a   Aggarwal, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Low birth weight; Mother's age; Nutritional status parity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 10444220316     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950401600203     Document Type: Article

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