Maternal factors in predicting low birth weight babies

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-47

  Yadav, Hematram ^a   Lee, Nagarajah ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Low birth weight; Maternal factors; Newborns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874418421     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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