Maternal and socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight (LBW): A community-based study in a rural block of Assam

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 178-181

  Borah, M ^a   Agarwalla, R ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN INDIRA GANDHI REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; literacy; low birth weight (LBW); teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84979942220     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.184275     Document Type: Article

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