Can mothers judge the size of their newborn? Assessing the determinants of a mother's perception of a baby's size at birth

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-573

  Channon, Andrew A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; KAZAKHSTAN; MALAWI; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUDGMENT; KAZAKHSTAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 82555187453     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932011000198     Document Type: Article

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