A comparative analysis of prenatal care and fetal growth in eight South American countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Woodhouse, Cristina ^a   Lopez Camelo, Jorge ^b   Wehby, George L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CHILE; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PRENATAL CARE; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84898746511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091292     Document Type: Article

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