Socio-demographic and consanguinity risk factors associated with low birthweight

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 598-603

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Saleh, Najah Mohammed ^c   Khalil Salameh, Khalil Mohd ^c   Basha, Basma ^c   Joseph, Sharen ^d   Al Buz, Rama ^c  

^a Hamad Medical Corporation   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Women's Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Birth; Low birthweight; Maternity; Risk factors; Short term interpregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84876879279     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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