Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P. +2 more
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Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (JANIS) [PDF]
, 2008 We evaluated the infection risks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using data of NICU infection surveillance data. The subjects were 871 NICU babies, consisting of 465 boys and 406 girls, who were cared for between June 2002 and January 2003 in ...
Babazono, Akira +11 more
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Influence of the Urban Exposome on Birth Weight
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2019 Background: The exposome is defined as the totality of environmental exposures from conception onwards. It calls for providing a holistic view of environmental exposures and their effects on human health by evaluating multiple environmental exposures ...
M. Nieuwenhuijsen +26 more
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Comparison of academic performance of twins and singletons in adolescence : follow-up study [PDF]
, 2006 Objectives To determine whether twins in recent cohorts show similar academic performance in adolescence to singletons and to test the effect of birth weight on academic performance in twins and singletons. Design Follow-up study. Setting Denmark.
Bingley, Paul +5 more
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Mother's Education and Birth Weight [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 Low birth weight has considerable short and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and society even in a developed economy. Low birth weight is partially a consequence of choices made by the mother pre- and during pregnancy. Thus policies affecting these choices could have large returns.
Chevalier, Arnaud, O'Sullivan, Vincent
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Maternal serum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in early pregnancy and offspring birth weight
Pediatric Research, 2019 Background Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are widespread, bioaccumulating, and persistent and show placental transfer. Emerging research indicates associations between prenatal exposure and low birth weight.
S. Wikström +4 more
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Association Between Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight: A Community-Based Study [PDF]
, 1997 The relationship between maternal exposure to air pollution during periods of pregnancy (entire and specific periods) and birth weight was investigated in a well-defined cohort.
Axelsson G +6 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 Background Low birth weight has been associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension, but the risk at high birth weight levels remains uncertain.
Marianne Ravn Knop +6 more
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Association of State Medicaid Expansion Status With Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2019 Importance Low birth weight and preterm birth are associated with adverse consequences including increased risk of infant mortality and chronic health conditions.
Clare C. Brown +6 more
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Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood : an individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project [PDF]
, 2018 Background: There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.
Abramson, Lior +68 more
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