Factors affecting birth weight of a newborn - a community based study in rural Karnataka, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Metgud, Chandra S ^a   Naik, Vijaya A ^a   Mallapur, Maheshwar D ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863751858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040040     Document Type: Article

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