A Study of some aspects of adolescent pregnancy at Dankotuwa medical officer of health area
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2002
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Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo: PGIM.
Abstract
Adolescent pregnency affects the socio-economic status of the family the pregnency wastage and the pesentage of chilren with low birth weight were high among adollescent mothers.age apprpriate weights of the children were below 3rd centile in more adolescent mothers than the non-adolescent mothers.So immediate measures shold be taken to delay the pregenecy among adolescents.
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Dissertation: M.Sc.(Community Medicine), Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo: PGIM, 2002.
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Pregnancy in adolescence
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Samarasekera, SD, A Study of some aspects of adolescent pregnancy at Dankotuwa medical officer of health area, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo PGIM, 2002: p.