Violence against women and the risk of fetal and early childhood growth impairment: A cohort study in rural Bangladesh

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 775-779

  Asling Monemi K ^a   Naved, R T ^b   Persson, L A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349378869     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.144444     Document Type: Article

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