Mothers' birth weight and survival of their offspring: Population based study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7091, 1997, Pages 1376-1380

  Skjærven, Rolv ^a   Wilcox, Allen J ^b   Øyen, Nina ^a   Magnus, Per ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030943174     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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