On the importance-and the unimportance-of birthweight

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1233-1241

  Wilcox, Allen J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Birthweight; Fetal growth; Gestational age; Infant mortality; Intrauterine growth retardation; Low birthweight; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; WEIGHT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035709540     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.6.1233     Document Type: Article

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