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Stellar Clusters in NGC 1313: Evidence for Infant Mortality [PDF]
, 2007 We present evidence that infant mortality of stellar clusters is likely to be a major and very efficient process for the dissolution of young clusters in the spiral galaxy NGC 1313.
Anne Pellerin +4 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Patients with Turner Syndrome (TS) and those exposed to high concentrations of glucocorticoids have a number of characteristics in common, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Pediatric TS patients underwent studies of salivary cortisol (SC) and cortisone (SCn), body composition, continuous glucose monitoring, vascular ...
Lily Jones +6 more
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Nutrition and Infant Health in Japan [PDF]
The model presented in this paper emphasizes the importance of the mother's nutritional intake as a determinant of infant health. Using cross-sectional market averages for 1980 and 1981 in Japan, we find that the nutrient intake of the mother during ...
Frank Chaloupka +2 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2015 BackgroundInfant mortality reflects not only the health of infants but societal well-being as a whole. This study explores distal socioeconomic and related proximate determinants of infant mortality and provides evidence for designing targeted ...
K. Khadka +4 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Turner Syndrome (TS) is a sex chromosomal disorder associated with karyotype heterogeneity. Although TS can be associated with severe prenatal findings, most often linked to the 45, X karyotype, the majority of TS fetuses have no overt phenotype, resulting in delayed diagnosis and management.
Ivonne Bedei +10 more
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Average age at death in infancy and infant mortality level: reconsidering the Coale-Demeny formulas at current levels of low mortality [PDF]
The longterm historical decline in infant mortality has been accompanied by increasing concentration of infant deaths at the earliest stages of infancy.
Evgueni M. Andreev, W. Ward Kingkade
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BMJ Open, 2015 Objectives To identify common factors associated with post-neonatal, infant, child and under-5 mortality in Nigeria. Design, setting and participants A cross-sectional data of three Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) for the years 2003, 2008 ...
O. K. Ezeh +4 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Turner syndrome (TS) is frequently complicated by congenital heart disease (CHD). While left‐sided lesions such as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and coarctation of the aorta are the most common structural heart lesions in TS, other anomalies, such as aortic arch malformations, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), persistent left superior vena
Katya de Groote +9 more
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Determinants of infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Results of multivariate hazard analysis [PDF]
This study addresses important issues in infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe. The objective of the paper is to determine the impact of maternal, socioeconomic and sanitation variables on infant and child mortality. Results show that births of order 6+
Jeroen K Van Ginneken, Joshua Kembo
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Under-5 Mortality in Tanzania: A Demographic Scenario. [PDF]
, 2012 The government of the United Republic of Tanzania has initiated the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.
Hamisi, Hamisi F, Sathiya Susuman, A
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