Low birth weight at term: Relationship with maternal anthropometry

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 166, 2007, Pages 52-56

  Ojha, Neebha ^a   Malla, D S ^a  

^a Maternity Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Maternal anthropometry; Normal birth weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNITY WARD; MOTHER; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42249083259     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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