Incidence of Low Birthweight in Central Nepal: A Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Karkee, Rajendra ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^b   Binns, Colin W ^b   Khanal, Vishnu ^c   Pokharel, Paras K ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Sanjeevani College of Medical Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Home delivery; Incidence; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928884434     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1489-9     Document Type: Article

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