Social factors and pregnancy weight gain in relation to infant birth weight: A study in public health centers in Rasht, Iran

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1208-1212

  Maddah, M ^a   Karandish, M ^b   Mohammadpour Ahranjani, B ^c   Neyestani, T R ^c   Vafa, R ^d   Rashidi, A ^c  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Educational level; Infant birth weight; Iran; Pregnancy weight gain; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 27144547595     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602239     Document Type: Article

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