A health facility based case-control study on determinants of low birth weight in Dassie town, Northeast Ethiopia: The role of nutritional factors

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Ahmed, Semira ^a   Hassen, Kalkidan ^b   Wakayo, Tolassa ^b  

^a Gambella Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Determinants; Ethiopia; Low birth weight; Maternal nutritional status

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL ANEMIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL UNDERNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056283767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-018-0409-z     Document Type: Article

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