Health and nutritional status of children of adolescent mothers: Experience from a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 396-400

  Abdullah, Kawsari ^a   Malek, Mohammad A ^a   Faruque, Abu S G ^a   Salam, Mohammed A ^a   Ahmed, T ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Bangladesh; Children; Diarrhoea; Immunization; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947313028     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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