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The Costs of Low Birth Weight [PDF]
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005 Birth weight has emerged as the leading indicator of infant health and welfare and the central focus of infant health policy. This is because low birth weight (LBW) infants experience severe health and developmental difficulties that can impose enormous ...
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FAMILIAL TRENDS IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT [PDF]
BMJ, 1975 The reproductive performance of sisters and sisters-in-law of 185 women who had delivered "light-for-dates" and "premature expulsion" low birth weight infants was studied. Percentile birth weights were compared taking into account length of gestation, fetal sex, and the height, weight, parity, and smoking habits of the mother.
Frank D. Johnstone, LESLEY INGLIS
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 1970 As the incidence of low birth weight babies in India and the neighbouring areas isvery high a review of the causes of LBW was done. The factors responsible have beenhighlighted, risk factors been identified and some remedial measures suggested.Key Words: LBW - low birth weight, MCH - maternal and child health.
U Ramachandran
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Paracetamol (acetaminophen) for patent ductus arteriosus in preterm or low birth weight infants.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022 BACKGROUND In preterm newborns, the ductus arteriosus frequently fails to close and the infants require medical or surgical closure of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).
A. Ohlsson, P. Shah
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Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for the Very Low Birth Weight Infant
Pediatrics, 2021 Provision of mother’s own milk for hospitalized very low birth weight (VLBW) (≤1500 g) infants in the NICU provides short- and long-term health benefits. Mother’s own milk, appropriately fortified, is the optimal nutrition source for VLBW infants.
M. Parker +5 more
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JAMA Network Open, 2020 This systematic review summarizes the association of climate change, including heat, ozone, and fine particulate matter, with adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth, in the US.
Bruce Bekkar +3 more
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British medical journal, 2020 Objective To assess whether exposure to high temperatures in pregnancy is associated with increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. Design Systematic review and random effects meta-analysis.
M. Chersich +10 more
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Regression discontinuity design in perinatal epidemiology and birth cohort research [PDF]
Front Public Health (2024) 12:1377456, 2022 Regression discontinuity design (RDD) is a quasi-experimental approach to study the causal effects of an intervention/treatment on later health outcomes. It exploits a continuously measured assignment variable with a clearly defined cut-off above or below which the population is at least partially assigned to the intervention/treatment. We describe the
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Low birth weight and its associated risk factors: Health facility-based case-control study
PLoS ONE, 2020 Background Low birth weight is a preventable public health problem. It is an important determinant of child survival and development, as well as long-term consequences like the onset of non-communicable disease in the life course.
Anil K C, P. Basel, Sarswoti Singh
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Same environment, stratified impacts? Air pollution, extreme temperatures, and birth weight in south China [PDF]
Social Science Research, February, 102691 (2022), 2022 This paper investigates whether associations between birth weight and prenatal ambient environmental conditions--pollution and extreme temperatures--differ by 1) maternal education; 2) children's innate health; and 3) interactions between these two. We link birth records from Guangzhou, China, during a period of high pollution, to ambient air pollution
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