Commentary: On the paradoxes of birthweight

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 632-633

  Wilcox, Allen J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORWAY; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0041382956     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg193     Document Type: Article

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