Singleton low birth weight babies at a tertiary hospital in Enugu, South East Nigeria

Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ezugwu, E C ^a   Onah, H E ^a   Odetunde, I O ^b   Azubuike, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Enugu State University Teaching Hospitals

Author keywords

Enugu; Low birth weight; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 78249257625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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