Comparison of maternal characteristics in low birth weight and normal birth weight infants
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Comparison of maternal characteristics in low birth weight and normal birth weight infants.
Low birth weight is a key determinant in the risk of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period and during childhood. This unmatched case-control study in Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran, compared the characteristics of mothers of low- and normal-birth-weight infants. Maternal sociodemographic data, pregnancy history, anthropometric data and cord plasma zinc level were collected from 134 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.9.775