Risk Factors for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Among Pregnant Indian Women: A Hospital-based Prospective Study

Tellapragada, Chaitanya; Kalwaje Eshwara, Vandana; Bhat, Parvati; Acharya, Shashidhar; Kamath, Asha; K Bhat, Shashikala; R Rao, Chythra; B Nayak, Satheesha; Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay

doi:10.3961/jpmph.16.022

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Risk Factors for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Among Pregnant Indian Women: A Hospital-based Prospective Study

Published in Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health • May 31, 2016

Authors:

Chaitanya Tellapragada

Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara

Parvati Bhat

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The present study was undertaken to study the maternal risk factors for preterm birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW) with a special emphasis on assessing the proportions of maternal genitourinary and periodontal infections among Indian women and their association with adverse pregnancy...

Subject

Medicine

Obstetrics

Prospective cohort study

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