Influence of maternal height and weight on low birth weight: A cross-sectional study in poor communities of northeastern Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Britto, Revilane Parente De Alencar ^a   Floren̂cio, Telma Maria Toledo ^b   Benedito Silva, Ana Amelia ^c   Sesso, Ricardo ^a   Cavalcante, Jairo Calado ^b   Sawaya, Ana Lydia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HEIGHT; MATERNAL WEIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84893207438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080159     Document Type: Article

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