Birth weight in relation to morbidity and mortality among newborn infants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1234-1238

  Mcintire, Donald D ^a   Bloom, Steven L ^a   Casey, Brian M ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033594375     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199904223401603     Document Type: Article

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