Seasonality of low birthweight in indigenous Australians: An increase in pre-term birth or intrauterine growth retardation?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 669-672

  Gracey, M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032430723     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01467.x     Document Type: Article

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