Risk factors for low birth weight in Bale zone hospitals, South-East Ethiopia : A case-control study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Demelash, Habtamu ^a   Motbainor, Achenif ^a   Nigatu, Dabere ^a   Gashaw, Ketema ^a   Melese, Addisu ^a  

^a MADDA WALABU UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Environmental risk factors; Low birth weight; Maternal risk factors; Socio economic risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT; HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944062440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0677-y     Document Type: Article

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