Distribution and determinants of low birth weight in developing countries

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 18-28

  Mahumud, Rashidul Alam ^a   Sultana, Marufa ^a   Sarker, Abdur Razzaque ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Global health; Low birth weight; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JORDAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; TIME TO PREGNANCY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LITERACY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITERACY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012887736     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.16.087     Document Type: Article

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