Prevalence and risk factors of low-birth-weight infants in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 838-845

  Roudbari, M ^a   Yaghmaei, M ^a   Soheili, M ^b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 34848913421     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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