Influence of Socioeconomic Levels on Birthweight of Twins and Singletons

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-133

  Colletto, Gloria M D D ^a,c   Segre, Conceição A M ^b   Rielli, Silvia T R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 1942499474     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905204323016104     Document Type: Article

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