Factors affecting birth weight in a sub-urban community: A study in a secondary level hospital in Delhi

Health and Population: Perspectives and Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 189-196

  Agarwal, Neeraj ^a   Reddaiah, V P ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ante natal care; Birth weight; Marriage and Period of gestation; Maternal age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33748420223     PISSN: 02536803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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