Birth weights and stillbirths in historical perspective

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Steckel, R H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031940017     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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