Socio-economic and nutritional determinants of low birth weight in India

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 302-308

  Kader, Manzur ^a   Perera, Nirmala K P ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child's birth weight; India; Infant; Low birth weight; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARAMETERS; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84904552332     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.136902     Document Type: Article

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