Maternal associated factors of low birth weight: A hospital based cross-sectional mixed study in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gebremedhin, Meresa ^a   Ambaw, Fentie ^b   Admassu, Eleni ^b   Berhane, Haileselassie ^a  

^a AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Maternal factors; Northern ethiopia; Tigray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL HEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WEIGHT; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941780903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0658-1     Document Type: Article

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