Impact of maternal factors on birth parameters in urban affluent pregnant women

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-327

  Borazjani, F ^a   Kulkarni, Shanuak ^a   Ahmadi, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birth weight; Dietary composition; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79957469451     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.325.327     Document Type: Article

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