Maternal risk factors associated with term low birth weight neonates: A matched-pair case control study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-28

  Mumbare, Sachin S ^a   Maindarkar, Girish ^b   Darade, Rajesh ^b   Yengl, Surekha ^c   Tolani, Madhav Kumar ^a   Patole, Kiran ^a  

^a NDMVPS Medical College   (India)

^b Government Medical College   (India)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Full term; India; LBW; Maternal risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TERM BIRTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TERM BIRTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84863114214     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0010-z     Document Type: Article

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