Postnatal growth patterns of full-term low birth weight infants in northeast Brazil are related to socioeconomic status

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1950-1956

  Ashworth, Ann ^a   Morris, Saul S ^a   Lira, Pedro I C ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth; Human infants; Low birth weight; Socioeconomic status; z score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030866491     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.1950     Document Type: Article

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