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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 ...
Douglas Almond +2 more
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Factors associated with weight Z-score in very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight preterm infants during hospitalization [PDF]
Jornal de PediatriaObjective: To investigate the behavior of weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) and associated factors in preterm newborns (PTNB) with very low birth weight (VLBW) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW), comparing them to low birth weight (LBW) during four weeks ...
Eduarda Couto Plácido Nunes +4 more
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Effects of prenatal exposure to dexamethasone on early complications and survival outcome in the newborns with very and extremely low birth weight [PDF]
Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijian, 2021 Objective: To explore the effect of prenatal exposure to dexamethasone on early postnatal complications and survival outcomes in the newborns with very low and extremely low birth weight.
SHEN Lu, YIN Qigai
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Low birth weight infant among teenage pregnancy in Terengganu, Malaysia: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Malaysian Family Physician, 2022 Introduction: The purpose of this research is to determine the factors associated with low-birthweight (LBW) infants in teenage pregnancy. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Terengganu, Malaysia, from January 1, 2020, to May 31, 2020 ...
Siti Fatimah Samsury +2 more
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Familial Trends in Low Birth Weight [PDF]
BMJ, 1974 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.
F, Johnstone, L, Inglis
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Correlation of periodontitis during pregnancy and incidence of low birth weight babies
Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2012 Objective: To verify a possible association between periodontitis and low birth weight babies. Materials and methods: Two hundred and eighty antepartum women were examined aged between 18 and 37 years.
Prashanthi Reddy +3 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014 Introduction: The current cohort study was conducted to determine the frequency and compare the mortality rate with associated characteristics among low birth weight and normal birth weight infants during the neonatal period at a tertiary healthcare ...
Muhammad Ayaz Mustufa +3 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2022 Introduction The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of cessation of active smoking during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy on the risk of reduced birth weight and prematurity using an exhaled carbon monoxide biomarker with ...
Conchita Delcroix-Gomez +5 more
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Associated factors of birth weight outcomes in the south of Iran: A cross-sectional survey
Social Determinants of Health, 2017 Background: Adverse birth outcomes are serious health problems that increase morbidity and mortality in neonates. Socioeconomic inequities are linked with Low Birth Weight (LBW) and High Birth Weight (HBW); however, the associations of these factors ...
Zahra Hassanzadeh-Rostami +4 more
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Correlates of Low Birth Weight
Global Pediatric Health, 2014 Background . Low birth weight is the single most important factor that determines the chances of child survival. A recent annual estimation indicated that nearly 8 million infants are born with low birth weight in India.
Ankur Barua MD, PhD +2 more
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