Birth weight associated with lowest neonatal mortality: Infants of adolescent and adult mothers

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1161-1166

  Rees, Jane M ^a,d   Lederman, Sally A ^b   Kiely, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; infant mortality; low birth weight; mothers; pregnancy in adolescence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029908352     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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