Low birth weight and its related risk factors in Northeast Iran

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 701-704

  Chaman, Reza ^a   Amiri, Mohammad ^b   Raei, Mehdi ^c   Ajami, Mohammad Esmaeil ^d   Sadeghian, Afsaneh ^e   Khosravi, Ahmad ^f  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infants; Low birth weight; Newborn; Prematurity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84890500249     PISSN: 20082142     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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