Maternal and environmental factors influencing infant birth weight in Ibadan, Nigeria

Etude de la Population Africaine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-266

  Isiugo Abanihe, Uche C ^a   Oke, Olubukola A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Birth weight; High risk pregnancy; Maternal health; Skilled care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884801666     PISSN: 08505780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11564/25-2-230     Document Type: Article

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