Risk factors associated with low birth weight infants in the Malaysian population

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-310

  Boo, Nem Yun ^a   Lim, S M ^a   Koh, K T ^a   Lau, K F ^a   Ravindran, J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Gynaecology ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Low birthweight; Malaysia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NULLIPARA; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59849088618     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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