Association of maternal nutritional status, body composition and socio-economic variables with low birth weight in India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-259

  Sen, Jaydip ^a   Roy, Arpita ^a   Mondal, Nitish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

India; Low birth weight; Maternal mid upper arm circumference; Maternal weight; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Socio economic variables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955022181     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp102     Document Type: Article

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