The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Elshibly, Eltahir M ^a   Schmalisch, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREMATURE LABOR; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISTOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDAN;

EID: 48349122318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-244     Document Type: Article

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