Association between antenatal depression and low birthweight in a developing country
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Association between antenatal depression and low birthweight in a developing country
OBJECTIVE There is a high prevalence of depression in south Asian women. We aimed to examine the association between antenatal depression and low birthweight (LBW) in infants in a rural community in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. METHOD A total of 143 physically healthy mothers with ICD-10 depression in the third trimester of pregnancy and 147 non-depressed mothers of similar gestation were followed f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0001-690X,1600-0447
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00950.x