Socio-economic determinants of low birth weight in Bangladesh: A multivariate approach

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Khatun, Selina ^a   Rahman, Mahmudur ^a  

^a Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649102682     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bmrcb.v34i3.1857     Document Type: Article

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