Maternal Determinants of Birth Weight in Northern Ghana.

Weight at birth is usually considered as an indicator of the health status of a given society. As a result this study was designed to investigate the association between birth weight and maternal factors such as gestational weight gain, pre-pregnancy BMI and socio-economic status in Northern Ghana.T...

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Main Authors: Abdulai Abubakari, Gisela Kynast-Wolf, Albrecht Jahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4539219?pdf=render