Risk factors for low birth weight: Results from a case-control study in Southern Spain

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-424

  Delgado Rodríguez, Miguel ^a,b   Pérez Iglesias, Rocío ^a   Gómez Olmedo, Montserrat ^a   Bueno Cavanillas, Aurora ^a   Gálvez Vargas, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; Low birth weight; Premature; Risk factors; Spain

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPAIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 2642680049     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199804)105:4<419::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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