Rapid assessment of maternal activity among rural Indian mothers (Pune Maternal Nutrition Study)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 588-595

  Kanade, A N ^a   Rao, S ^a   Yajnik, C S ^b   Margetts, B M ^c   Fall, C H D ^d  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity questionnaire; Birth size; India; Maternal activity

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MOTHER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27644563082     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004714     Document Type: Article

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