Long-term secular trends in birth weight and gestational age among live births in Taiwan

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 376-385

  Lee, Pei Chen ^a   Kuo, Su Chen ^b   Teng, Sen Wen ^c   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^d   Li, Chung Yi ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birth registry; Birth weight; Gestational age; Low birth weight; Pre term birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 1642354974     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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