%0 Journal Article
%T Bajo peso al nacer y embarazo en la adolescencia en cinco consultorios del m¨¦dico de la familia
%A P¨¦rez Queda
%A Ram¨®n
%A Rosabal Garc¨ªa
%A Francisco
%A P¨¦rez Guerrero
%A Jorge Luis
%A Yabor Palomo
%A Alicia
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
%D 1995
%I ECIMED
%X a study was performed on 120 pregnant women in an area of 5 medical offices of the family doctor plan from january 1987 to january 1990. of them 56 were under 20 years of age accounting for 46,6 %. a comparative study was carried out between this group and pregnant women over 20 years, and it was observed that teenagers had a greater number of low birth weight infants (88 %) and preterm deliveries. smoking and maternal malnutrition were considered as very important factors in addition to adolescence for low birth weight.
%K infant
%K low birth weight
%K pregnancy in adolescence
%K physicians
%K family
%K risk factors.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-21251995000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en