Changes in birth weight between 2002 and 2012 in Guangzhou, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Guo, Yong ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   He, Jian Rong ^a   Xia, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Mo, Wei Jian ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Feng, Qiong ^a   Larson, Charles P ^c   Xia, Hui Min ^a   Qiu, Xiu ^a   Carpenter, David O ^d  

^a Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center   (China)

^b Hospital for Women and Children of Guangzhou   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Institute for Health and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TIME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919808161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115703     Document Type: Article

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