Teenage pregnancy: A socially inflicted health hazard

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Banerjee, Bratati ^a   Pandey, G K ^b   Dutt, Debashis ^b   Sengupta, Bhaswati ^b   Mondal, Maitraeyi ^b   Deb, Sila ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; Complications; Low birth weight; Preterm delivery; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849101425     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.55289     Document Type: Article

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