Low birth weight outcomes: Why better in Cuba than Alabama?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-195

  Neggers, Yasmin ^a   Crowe, Kristi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Cuba; Low birth weight; Prenatal care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY; CUBA; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALABAMA; CUBA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875834681     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120227     Document Type: Article

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