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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 costs on society.
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Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1966
MANY infants who are small at birth have simply not remained in the uterus long enough to achieve expected size. In such cases it is assumed that maternofetal relations have been normal until the occurrence of an event or the development of an (acute) state resulting in the early delivery of an infant whose overall size, body composition and functional
William A. Silverman, John C. Sinclair
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MANY infants who are small at birth have simply not remained in the uterus long enough to achieve expected size. In such cases it is assumed that maternofetal relations have been normal until the occurrence of an event or the development of an (acute) state resulting in the early delivery of an infant whose overall size, body composition and functional
William A. Silverman, John C. Sinclair
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Low Birth Weight and Schizophrenia
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1994BackgroundLow birth weight has been postulated to be a risk factor for schizophrenia.MethodObstetric history, premorbid adjustment, and cognitive function during admission were assessed in 167 patients with DSM–III schizophrenia or affective psychosis.ResultsA birth weight of less than 2500 g was significantly more common in patients with schizophrenia
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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2015
Context . Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with infant morbidity and mortality. This is the first study of LBW in Kansas using vital statistics to determine maternal and health care system factors associated with LBW. Outcomes . Low birth weight. Objective .
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Context . Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with infant morbidity and mortality. This is the first study of LBW in Kansas using vital statistics to determine maternal and health care system factors associated with LBW. Outcomes . Low birth weight. Objective .
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The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1972
170 low birth weight babies admitted to the premature baby unit in the Medical College Hospital, Beach, Calicut, during 1969–71 have been studied, to determine the maternal factors associated with low birth weight and to assess the results of special care to these babies.
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170 low birth weight babies admitted to the premature baby unit in the Medical College Hospital, Beach, Calicut, during 1969–71 have been studied, to determine the maternal factors associated with low birth weight and to assess the results of special care to these babies.
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Pediatrics, 1963
SINCE THE First World Health Assembly in 1948, the international definition of prematurity based on birth weight (≤ 2500 gm) has been used widely and successfully for purposes of vital statistics concerning newborn infants. This definition is objective and subject to standardization in contrast to a classification based on estimates of gestational age ...
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SINCE THE First World Health Assembly in 1948, the international definition of prematurity based on birth weight (≤ 2500 gm) has been used widely and successfully for purposes of vital statistics concerning newborn infants. This definition is objective and subject to standardization in contrast to a classification based on estimates of gestational age ...
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Breastfeeding Trends Among Very Low Birth Weight, Low Birth Weight, and Normal Birth Weight Infants
The Journal of Pediatrics, 2018To examine the change in breastfeeding behaviors over time, among low birth weight (LBW), very low birth weight (VLBW), and normal birth weight (NBW) infants using nationally representative US data.Univariate statistics and bivariate logistic models were examined using the Early Child Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (2001) and National Study of ...
Angela G. Campbell, Patricia Y. Miranda
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