Factors influencing pregnancy outcomes in morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mosha, Theobald C E ^a   Philemon, Napendaeli ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Low birth weight; Maternal age; Pregnancy outcome; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE WOMAN; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 79961041325     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v12i4.51795     Document Type: Article

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