Incidence and correlates of low birth weight at a referral hospital in northwest ethiopia

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zeleke, Berihun Megabiaw ^a   Zelalem, Meseret ^a   Mohammed, Nuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Low birth weight; Prevalence; Referral hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84871481576     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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