Auxologic, biochemical and clinical (ABC) profile of low birth weight babies - A 2-year prospective study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 374-382

  Elizabeth, K Eliza ^a   Krishnan, Viji ^a   Zachariah, Philip ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PROTEIN; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT FEEDING; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 37849018435     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm048     Document Type: Article

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