Low birth weight as a risk factor for infant mortality in Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 992-1002

  Hong, R ^a   Ruiz Beltran, M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SURVIVAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 55149116271     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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