Low birth weight and macrosomia in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: Who are the mothers at risk?

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mengesha, Hayelom Gebrekirstos ^a   Wuneh, Alem Desta ^b   Weldearegawi, Berhe ^b   Selvakumar, Divya L ^c  

^a ADIGRAT UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Montgomery College   (United States)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Macrosomia; Multinomial regression; Northern Ethiopia; Tigray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020388088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-017-0901-1     Document Type: Article

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