Low birth weight at term and its determinants in a tertiary hospital of nepal:A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Sharma, Sudesh Raj ^a   Giri, Smith ^b   Timalsina, Utsav ^a   Bhandari, Sanjiv Sudarshan ^a   Basyal, Bikash ^a   Wagle, Kusum ^c   Shrestha, Laxman ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Om Health Campus Kathmandu ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORKING MOTHER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXERCISE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERM BIRTH; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84928893727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123962     Document Type: Article

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