A population-level analysis of birth weight indices in Peel Region, Ontario: The impact of ethnic diversity

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 368-372

  Ramuscak, Nancy L ^a   Jiang, Depeng ^b   Dooling, Kathleen L ^a   Mowat, David L ^a  

^a Health Services Regional Municipality of Peel   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Ethnic groups; Infant; Low birth weight; Newborn; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871381349     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404443     Document Type: Article

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