Risk factors associated with delivering low birth weight infants among pregnant women: A preliminary study in Western Saudi Arabia

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 417-421

  Sultan Azzeh, Firas ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Makkah; Pregnant women; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84880056210     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2013.417.421     Document Type: Article

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