Is it time to abandon adjustment for birth weight in studies of infant mortality?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-116

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK;

BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037391667     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00483.x     Document Type: Note

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