Effect of socio-economic and biological variables on birth weight in Madhya Pradesh, India

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-171

  Som, S ^a   Pal, M ^a   Adak, D K ^b   Gharami, A K ^c   Bharati, S ^a   Bharati, P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Anthropological Survey of India   (India)

^c DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MADHYA PRADESH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; PARITY;

EID: 34848835657     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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