Persistence of lower birth weight in second generation South Asian babies born in the United Kingdom

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 684-687

  Margetts, B M ^a   Yusof, S Mohd ^a   Al Dallal, Z ^a   Jackson, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036718440     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.9.684     Document Type: Article

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