Small-for-gestational age, ponderal index and neonatal polycythaemia: A study of their association with maternal hypertension among Nigerian women

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 154-159

  Onyiriuka, A N ^a   Okolo, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal hypertension; Neonatal polycythaemia; Ponderal index; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NIGERIA; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745184441     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 15963519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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