Birth weight and mortality in childhood in Norway

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 983-991

  Samuelsen, Sven Ove ^a,b   Magnus, Per ^a   Bakketeig, Leiv S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Accidents; Birth weight; Infections; Mortality; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032533206     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009575     Document Type: Article

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