Adverse effects of teenage pregnancy

Ceylon Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 116-120

  Goonewardene, I M R ^a   Deeyagaha Waduge, R P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Poverty; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 32944468763     PISSN: 00090875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i3.1428     Document Type: Article

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